robert m Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 if the scale pattern 1 is exactly the same and the notes are the same for A minor as they are for C major and the key note or "root note" is the same and both keys sound the same, why is one a minor key and one is a major key?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yves Cadieux Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Hi Robert! If I may add to Delbert's answer, which is correct ( C major scale and A minor scale share the same exact seven notes ), is that the root note is not the same in the two scales. In C major, root note ( home ) is C. In A minor, root note is A. You keep that in mind while you are playing lead. Also for rythm guitar C major chord is the home chord in the key of C while they A minor chord is the home chord in a song written in The key of A minor. Hope it helps! YC🎸 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Delbert Moke Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 The major key is whole step whole step half step whole step whole step whole step that make the key of c C whole step D whole step E half step F whole step G whole step A whole step B and half step back to C Minor scale is whole step half step whole step whole step half step whole step whole step that make A minor, A whole step B half step C whole step D whole step E half step F whole step G and whole step back to A It is the combination of whole and half step that make up the key patterns there's only a half step between B and C and a half step between E and F which causes one to be major and the other to be minor I hope that is understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tbootsc Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 For any major scale, the 6th note is always the relative minor - the major and relative minor scales will share the same notes but in different order, as Yves pointed out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nathaniel Lebans Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Ok here it is they don't sound the same major sounds bright and uplifting minor sounds sad C majors relative minor is A they both have the same key signature . Major and minor scales have different structures C major is T, T, S, T, T, T, S. = Tone Tone Semitone Tone Tone Tone Semitone from one note to the next and the A minor Harmonic form is T, S, T, T, S, T+S, S. = Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone +Semitone, Semitone. Which Raises the 7th Note a chromatic semitone to G# ascending and descending. 1. To write the A minor Scale, Harmonic form start on the scale of C starting on the 6th note which is A 2. Number the notes , Counting A as 1 3 Raise the 7th note a chromatic semitone or half-step From G to G# making a semitone between the 7th and 8th notes There is also a melodic minor which raises the 6th and 7th notes ascending and lowering them to their original pitch when descending back to their natural form of "C major" or A B C D E F# G# A ascending, A G F E D C B A Descending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nathaniel Lebans Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 PS AN easy way to figure it out is look at a piano. There are paired black keys together and triple black keys together Two then three all the way up the keyboard. In the C scale ascending from left to right The C is the white key on the left of the paired Black keys the C To D has a black note in between so does D to E. Which are tones no black key between E and F which is a Semitone F to G, G to A, and A to B all have a black notes in between, all tones, then the last note from B back to C no black in between is a semitone. ascending Can you picture that Or did i just screw everybody up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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if the scale pattern 1 is exactly the same and the notes are the same for A minor as they are for C major and the key note or "root note" is the same and both keys sound the same,
why is one a minor key and one is a major key??
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