HARMONIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

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HARMONIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME

NOTES

HARMONIC
MINOR

II

LOCRIAN #6

III

IONIAN
AUGMENTED

IV

ROMANIAN

PHRYGIAN
DOMINANT

VI

LYDIAN #2

VII

ULTRALOCRIAN

NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

HARMONIC MINOR

Alternative names: Aeolian major 7, Melodic Minor flat 6, Mohammedan

It starts from the first grade of harmonic minor scale
NATURAL MINOR

Eb

Ab

HARMONIC MINOR C

Eb

Ab

Bb

C
B

Structure: 2122131
chords over first notes:

1 of 5

Triad:

Seventh chord:

minor

minor with major seventh

Complete chord:

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Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm^, Cm9(maj7), Cm^9, Cm(b6), Cm^(b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm(#5), Cm^(#5)

LOCRIAN #6

Alternative names: Locrian sharp 6

It starts from the second grade of harmonic minor scale
Structure: 1221312
chords over first notes:
Triad:
diminished

Seventh chord: Complete chord:

half diminished

Chord simbols: Cm7(b5), Cm7(b5 b9), C, C(b9)

IONIAN AUGMENTED

Alternative names: Ionian sharp 5

It starts from the third grade of harmonic minor scale
Structure: 2213121
chords over first notes:

2 of 5

Triad:

Seventh chord:

augmented

major seventh with augmented fifth

Complete chord:

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Chord simbols: C+, C+(maj7), C^+, C9+(maj7), C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5)

ROMANIAN

Alternative names: Dorian sharp 4, Dorian #11, Misheberakh

It starts from the fourth grade of harmonic minor scale
Structure: 2131212
chords over first notes:
Triad:

Seventh chord: Complete chord:

minor

minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm9, Cm7(#11), Cm9(#11), Cm13(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm7(b5), C

PHRYGIAN
DOMINANT
Alternative names: Mixolydian flat 9 flat 13, Phrygian Major, Balkan, Spanish Gipsy, Ahava
Rabah, Mixolydian b2 b6
It starts from the fifth grade of harmonic minor scale
PHRYGIAN

Db

PHRYGIAN DOMINANT

Db

Eb
E

Ab

Bb

Ab

Bb

Structure: 1312122
chords over first notes:
Triad:
major

3 of 5

Seventh chord: Complete chord:

dominant

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Chord simbols: C, C7, C7(b9), C7(b9 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5), C7(#5 b9)

LYDIAN #2

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 2

It starts from the sixth grade of harmonic minor scale
Structure: 3121221
chords over first notes:
Triad:

Seventh chord: Complete chord:

major

major seventh

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C^, Cmaj7(#9 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm^, Cm^(b5), C^(b5)

ULTRALOCRIAN

Alternative names: Diminished , Superlocrian bb7

It starts from the seventh grade of harmonic minor scale
Structure: 1212213
chords over first notes:

4 of 5

Triad:

Seventh chord:

diminished

diminished

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Chord simbols: Cdim, C, C7

5 of 5

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