Count the key note as 1 when counting the degrees of the scale. the 7th note up from the key note of the minor scale is sharpened by a semitone.

The harmonic minor scale has the same key signature as the relative major, plus the raised 7th degree of the scale. (The natural minor scale is another form of minor scale which only shares the same key signature as the relative major, but doesn't include any accidentals.) To find out how to work out the key signatures of all the relative majors, and to see a video demonstration for each major scale, click here.Īs well as sharing the same key signature as the relative major harmonic and melodic minor scales include accidentals. Read this article for an explanation of relative majors and minors. Minor scales share the same key signature as their relative majors. This page has been created with the specific needs of my own students in mind, but other visitors to my website are also very welcome to use these free resources. Due to popular demand amongst my piano students, I have provided video demonstrations and notation with fingering for all of the harmonic and melodic minor scales, two octaves.

A flat minor scale