Comments on: The Fundamental Scales to Play over a Minor Key https://guitarfirstchord.com/the-fundamental-scales-to-play-over-a-minor-key/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-fundamental-scales-to-play-over-a-minor-key Free Quality Guitar Lessons Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:14:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Klaus Crow https://guitarfirstchord.com/the-fundamental-scales-to-play-over-a-minor-key/#comment-148666 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:18:28 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=23290#comment-148666 In reply to Nacho.

Hi Nacho,

You’re right, it’s a typo.
It should be i ii III iv v VI VII (minor – diminished – major – minor – minor – major – major)
A diminished chord is constructed of minor third intervals, so it’s notated as a lowercase.

In the second example:
i ii III iv V7 VI VII
The 5th scale degree is treated as a dominant 7th chord which gives you a perfect cadence when going from the V to the i chord.
A perfect cadence is a progression from V to I in major keys, and V to i in minor keys, where the V is the dominant 7th chord.
The V7 chord has a very strongly pull towards to the tonic, which makes for a perfect cadence.

Both chord sequences are used for a natural minor scale.

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By: Nacho https://guitarfirstchord.com/the-fundamental-scales-to-play-over-a-minor-key/#comment-148573 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:08:46 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=23290#comment-148573 Hi Klaus, i love this blog. Im a silent reader but been learning a lot from your posts for almost two years now. Thanks a lot!
I have two questions about the minor scale progression.

First: When you wrote
“… minor – diminished – major – minor – minor – major – major
Often notated as Roman numerals: I – ii – iii – IV – V – vi – vii …”
Isn’t the tradition to use Upper Case for mayor chords, and lower case for minor?
Wouldn’t be more accurate to write i – II – III – iv – v – VI – VII ?

Second:
I was searching about minor chord progressions last night and found this chord formula for the natural minor scale:
i – II dim – III – iv – V7 – VI – VII

Is it wrong? is it other minor scale?

Thanks mate, you rock.

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By: Klaus Crow https://guitarfirstchord.com/the-fundamental-scales-to-play-over-a-minor-key/#comment-148552 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 07:43:28 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=23290#comment-148552 In reply to srikumar.

Hi Srikumar,

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Best regards,
Klaus Crow

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By: srikumar https://guitarfirstchord.com/the-fundamental-scales-to-play-over-a-minor-key/#comment-148541 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 03:26:45 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=23290#comment-148541 Hi, :) I having been playing acoustic guitar for a year. Now I gave a thought about trying electric guitar,my budget is 25000 inr. Could you please help me buy a guitar.

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