pearcemusic - Posted - 11/18/2012:  15:34:28

triad harmonization of harmonic minor compared to major. These 2 sounds co-mingle nicely ....

VIDEO: harmonic minor vs major banjo lesson (click to view)

grapeape605 - Posted - 11/21/2012:  05:25:03

I love it.

sbryan - Posted - 11/21/2012:  05:51:08

Thanks for that post! Cool chordal stuff, indeed!

herefordbob - Posted - 11/22/2012:  03:03:36

thanks for such an informative vid. I did scales at college but nothing about the chord sequences in the minor scale, i'm assuming that chord progression (shape) will work for all harmonic minor keys? thanks again

pearcemusic - Posted - 11/22/2012:  07:56:32

yes Bob ... it applies to all HM keys ... just like all major scale harmonizations apply to all major keys.

AND ... now that we see how triads in a key can be used to harmonize that scale ... we can extend that to chords to the 7th, and even extensions like 9-11-13 .... i.e playing 1-3-7 built on each scale tone is as interesting as 1-3-5 built on each scale tone ... major and harmonic minor

csptool - Posted - 11/26/2012:  11:12:28

This is really interesting and thanks for the post but I'm a bit confused (not difficult ) can you explain what key your in with a b flat and a c# minor ????

Thx again

Steve

pearcemusic - Posted - 11/26/2012:  16:09:56

D harmonic minor
DEFGABbC#D and yes there are key centers that contain bs and #s simultaneously. We talk about major keys a lot ... As if they are the end of the story, but there is a lot of great music outside of major.

Edited by - pearcemusic on 11/26/2012 16:13:51

csptool - Posted - 11/27/2012:  01:14:37

Ahh So it's a completely different scale and not a mode of the major scale,  I thought it was a scale built of  one of the minor chords of the major scale, I couldn't figure the minor third interval, sounds great, but a can't say I've heard it used or maybe I've not listened properly , Do you have any examples of recordings I can search out where it's used,  thanks for the enlightenment ! 

Steve 

pearcemusic - Posted - 11/27/2012:  09:59:21

Lots of Bach .... And lots of gypsy jazz.
The sound becomes very recognizable in many music forms after you spend time with it.
Listen to and practice the chordal movement in my examples ... You will learn to hear it.

Laurence Diehl - Posted - 11/27/2012:  10:42:37

Nice lesson Doub! LOTS of scope for exploration there, and I am very fond of the melodic minor scale too.

herefordbob - Posted - 11/29/2012:  15:48:25

thanks again this is really opening new doors for me