I other words, the D harmonic minor scale will note sound very cool starting from the D note because it doesn’t belong to the A chord the band is playing. If the chord is Dm, target a chord note first before playing the minor scale and if the chord is A (major) target an A chord note first before playing the harmonic minor scale.
Harmonic minor pro#
Here’s one other extremely important pro guitar tip… Okay so here is the bottom line… If the chords are Dm to Am use the boring D minor scale however, if you change one note to play the A chord then the use the D harmonic minor because that raise 7th note that was use to create the scale is the same note that changed the Am chord to an A chord and all the Spanish, Heavy metal, Jazz and (so many other) guitar players love this sound! The C# note is only 1 fret away from D instead of the weaker 2 fret movement. Musicians love this because the A major chord has a much stronger push to pull you back to the Dm chord. To change an Am to an A chord you have to raise that C note to a C#. In key of D minor the 7th note is a C note and the 5th chord in the key of D minor is Am that contains the C note however, it is super cool to change that 5th chord from Am to an A major chord.
The Harmonic Minor scale is simply a D minor scale with a raised 7th note. Then you are Super Cool !!! So, why and how does this work? Well here’s the Secret Sauce… If you turn the 5th chord in the key of D minor from an A minor chord to an A major chord then that cool change from Am to A is one Big Fat Green Light to use the D Harmonic Minor Scale and if you learn to target the A chord tones (notes). (no bad notes will be heard playing the D minor scale against any of the listed minor chords) So how or where do you apply the D harmonic minor scale? The minor scale that you will learn fits perfectly with these 3 minor chords. In theory we like to number these chords as Dm = the 1st chord, Gm = the 4th chord and Am = the 5th chord.
There are 3 minor chords in the key of D minor and they are Dm, Gm and Am. We call the Dm chord the 1st chord or the number 1 chord in the key of Dm. I’ll also show you a really fast way to memorize the scale. The above video will teach you a simple D minor chord and the D minors scale. I bet that statement sounds pretty confusing so lets break this down.
Harmonic minor how to#
I used to spend hours, days and months practicing the harmonic minor scale in every position and for what? It didn’t mean anything to me until I was shown how to apply it to the V7 (or V major) chord of the I minor key.
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