Minor Scales

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Minor scale pattern

0 Sharps and flats

A minor

1 sharp

E minor

2 sharps 

B Minor 

3 Sharps

E sharp minor

4 sharps 

C sharp minor 

5 Sharps

G sharp Minor

6 sharps 

D sharp minor 

7 Sharps

A sharp minor

1 flat

D minor

2 flats 

G minor 

3 flats

C minor

4 flats

F minor

5 flats

B flat minor

6 flats 

E flat minor 

7 flats

A flat minor

Relative keys

Two keys that have the same key signature and pitch content

C major 

A minor relative major 

G major

E minor relative major

D major 

B minor relative major 

A major

F sharp minor relative major

E major

C sharp minor relative major

B major 

G sharp minor relative major 

C flat major

A flat minor relative major

F sharp major

D sharp minor relative major

G flat major 

E flat minor relative major 

C sharp major

A sharp minor relative major

D flat major

B flat minor relative major

A flat major 

F minor relative major 

E flat major

C minor relative major

B flat major

G minor relative major

F major 

D minor relative major

Mediant 

Relative major keys always start on the _______ of their relative minor 

Submediant

Relative minor keys always start on the __________ of their relative major

below

Relative minor keys always start a minor third __________ [above/below) their relative major

above 

Relative major keys always start a minor third _____ [above/ below] their relative minor 

Parallel keys

Two keys that share the same tonic, dominant, subdominant, and supertonic

Mode change

A mode switch between major and minor without changing the tonic

lower

To change a major scale into its parallel minor scale ______ [raise/llower] 3, 6 and 7 by a semitone

Raise

To change a minor scale into its parallel major, _____ [raise/lower] 3, 6 and 7 by a semitone