6.1 · The Minor Scale
The minor recipe
The major scale has one recipe. The minor scale is the other one that matters: W–H–W–W–H–W–W. Same twelve notes, same two step sizes, but the half steps land earlier. Everything built on this ladder leans darker.
Two recipes, one root
C major and C minor start on the same note. Only the recipe changes. Listen to the mood flip.
WWHWWWH
WHWWHWW
The white-key minor
Run the minor recipe from A and no black keys are needed at all: A minor is to minor what C major is to major. Tap the rungs, then hear the ladder. Shapes mark the anchors: 1 wears the star, ♭3 the triangle, 5 the pentagon.
Game · Build the minor scale
1 / 3Tap the first note of A minor.
Quiz
1 / 3The minor recipe opens with…