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Minor Scale Patterns: Minor Scale Intervals In Upper and Lower Halves
The minor scale pattern of intervals is exactly the same in the lower half of each type of minor scale. The “character” of the moody-sounding “minor” mode comes exclusively from scale degree 3, the minor third interval common to all versions. It's only in the upper half that they differ from each other.
So...go ahead and use any minor scale you please. All of them have that distinctive “minor” sound.
In fact, you can merge all the minor scales together, like this:
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For the lower half of the scale, just use the five notes that all three minor scales have in common. For example, in the key of A minor:
A B C D E
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For the upper half of the scale, use all of the tones and semitones, like this (key of A minor):
F F♯ G G♯ A