Please note that the # sign is the symbol for a “sharp” in music and because there is not an equivalent for this symbol on the computer keyboard, I will be using the pound sign to represent it. Like all scales, its name should be the first note, or the “root,” as it will be known for the remainder of this article.Since our scale is called A Harmonic Minor, that means we will start on its root, A, and then we will ascend (for this example) up the octave, note by note, until we arrive at the next highest A. So, what are the notes of the A Minor Harmonic Scale? Unlike the happy major scales, anything “minor” will have a “sad” or “melancholy” quality to it. The harmonic minor scale is one of three types of “minor” scales: natural, harmonic, and melodic. Sounds like a normal scale, right? In music, however, there is no such thing as a “normal” scale. Those scales are called “ major scales” and, to our ears, anything major will sound “happy.” The scales you may be familiar with are of the more common “do, re, mi” variety, as heard in The Sound of Music or plunked out on your piano by pressing the keys in order. Not as confusing as it sounds, I promise. A Harmonic Minor Scale – Left Hand FingeringĪ musical “ scale” is a set of eight ascending or descending pitches that divide an “ octave.” An octave here means the set of notes occupying the interval between two notes with the same name.A Harmonic Minor Scale – Right Hand Fingering.

B flat minor harmonic scale