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C harmonic minor Scale
Below you can find guitar and piano scale diagrams, notes, intervals, formulas, and chords
Audible Example
What does a C harmonic minor scale sound like?
C harmonic minor scale
Piano Fingering
How do you play the C harmonic minor scale on the piano?
Notes:
C
D
Eb
F
G
Ab
B
Intervals:
1P
2M
3m
4P
5P
6m
7M
Guitar Fingering
How do you play the C harmonic minor scale on the guitar?
Notes:
Intervals:
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About the C harmonic minor scale
The harmonic minor scale raises the 7th degree of the natural minor scale, creating a leading tone that pulls strongly toward the tonic. This produces the characteristic augmented second interval between the 6th and 7th degrees, giving it a dramatic, Middle Eastern, or classical sound. It is essential for minor key harmony.
Notes
What notes are in the C harmonic minor scale
C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - B
Formula
What is the formula for the C harmonic minor scale
2M - 2m - 2M - 2M - 2m - 2A - 2m
Intervals
What intervals are in the C harmonic minor scale
Root Note
Major 2nd
Minor 3rd
Perfect 4th
Perfect 5th
Minor 6th
Major 7th