When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Alain BENAINOUS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images There are a number of different minor scales ...

I first became aware of the harmonic minor scale back in high school, originally as an abstract entity I learned in music theory class, in which the seventh note of the natural minor scale was raised ...

Only the order of tones and semitones is different. Both keys have the same key signature, shown here:. Because they share the same key signature and the same notes, it is common to modulate or change ...