§ All about the C minor scale
- C aeolian / natural minor scale:
C D Ees F G Aes Bes
. - C harmonic minor scale:
C D Ees F G Aes B
. - C dorian scale scale:
C D Ees F A Bes
. - wu tang clang cream is in dorian scale!
C D Ees F A G C (Bes C)x3 A G F Eb D Cxe
- Also consider Phrygian:
C Des Ees F G Aes Bes C
. ( Des
makes it sound "arabian".)
§ Natural minor scale chords
- Learn 7th chords.
- By default, try to use natural minor .
- minor triad chords: 1 2 5
- diminished triad chord: 2
- major triad chords: rest, which is 3 4 6 7
- basic: all triads:
c es g
and so on. base, 3 semitones, 4 semitones.
§ Harmonic minor scale chords
§ Dorian scale