How to play minor scales on the piano

http://www.playpiano.com Minor scales come in 3 forms: natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor. Each has its own use, but the harmonic minor scale is the most used in western music because of the raised 7th which becomes the major 3rd of the V7 chord. Come on over to http://www.playpiano.com and sign up for our free newsletter by email on piano chords and chord progressions if you like this kind of thing and want to learn more.

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[DamAwesomeFilms]

@DamAwesomeFilms Wow, screwed up after commenting, haha. It goes:

Natural: 2122122

Harmonic: 2122131

Melodic: 2122221 (and down Naturally)

[DamAwesomeFilms]

For anyone wondering (2=Whole Step, 1=Half Step):

Natural Minor: 2122122

Harmonic Minor: 2122212

Melodic Minor: 2122221.... BUT comes down as though it were a natural scale (aka, when playing from high-to-low its 2212212).

[sillybilly972]

Snappy, and helpful

[bellybroom]

@Gift87 summertime- gershwin

[Gift87]

what are you playing at the beginning of the video please

[DXTMC]

Thank you very much!

[AndrewDewittBaker]

Oh man, you are the shit!

So glad I stumbled upon this video, thanks a lot!

[RevWrona]

Precise and too the point.  Great video.

[itsmeman2009]

Thx a million. One question though, some tutorials have the min scale formula as W H W W W H W without the min 3rd any idea why?