Lesson path II

Shadow & Smoke

Minor keys and chords

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Unit 6

The Minor Scale

A second recipe: W–H–W–W–H–W–W.

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The minor recipe

Same twelve notes, darker ladder.

Same seven notes, a different home.

The minor ladder, numbered

Three rungs slide down: ♭3 carries the mood.

Three flavors of minor

Natural, harmonic. And why the 7th gets raised.

Unit 7

Chords of the Minor Key

Seven chords in the shadow.

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A chord on every shadowed step

i ii° III iv v VI VII. The minor home team.

The minor big three: i, iv, v

Home and away, moodier. Then V slams the door.

The bright side: III, VI, VII

The major chords living in every minor key.

Unit 8

Minor Progressions

Loops that live in the dark.

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Home in the dark

i–VI–VII. The anthem loop of rock radio.

More minor roads

Modal, dramatic, Andalusian. Four famous paths.

Bright or shadowed?

Hear a loop, feel the home. Then name the path.

The road continues

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