There are other scales, such as the Dorian mode (1-2-b3-4-5-6-b7), but the minor pentatonic and natural minor are the ones we usually learn first. By contrast, the harmonic minor has a unique ...

The melodic minor scale is a minor scale with both the sixth and seventh notes raised by half a step, but only when ascending. In western music, modal music dates from before the use of scales and ...