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Fig. 1 · E natural minor on the keyboard

piano scale

E natural minor

E1F♯2G♭3A4B5C♭6D♭7

The major scale started from its sixth degree: same seven notes, a different centre of gravity.

on guitaron ukulelethe key signature

Written out

Fig. 2 · E natural minor, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

EWF♯HGWAWBHCWDWE

What is true of it

E natural minor is E, F♯, G, A, B, C and D, and back to E.

Its steps are W – H – W – W – H – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

On the same tonic, E harmonic minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Chords made only of these notes

CmajorCmaj7major seventhDmajorD7dominant seventhEmminorEm7minor seventhF♯dimdiminishedF♯m7♭5half-diminished seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on E

E harmonic minorminorE melodic minorminorE majormajorE harmonic majormajorE Dorianmode

C minC♯ minD♭ minD minD♯ minE♭ minF minF♯ minall 374