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Question	Answer
Relative Key	Same key signature, different tonic pitch
Tonic Pitch	Base note (Home Base)
P	Same tonic pitch, different key signatures
Relative Minor	Same key siganture as major, same pitches, begins on scale degree 6 of major.
Relative Major	Same key sig., Same pitches as minors, begins on flat 3 of the minor scale.
Parallel Major	Same tonic as minor key, raises the 3rd, 6th, and 7th of a minor scale.
Parallel Minor	Same tonic as major, lowers the 3rd, 6th, and 7th of major scale.
Natural Minor Scale	Same key signature, ordered as W-H-W-W-H-W-W
Harmonic Minor	Natural Minor with rasied 7th
Melodic Minor	Natural Minor with raised 6 and 7 on ascending scale and normal 6 and 7 on descending scale.

Music Theory - Minor Scales

	Created by Melissa Abraham about 6 years ago