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Unit 2: Music Fundamentals II: Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture
AP Music Theory — Note Packet
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Natural Minor Scale
A minor scale built using the same intervallic pattern as its ______ major, with a W-H-W-W-H-W-W pattern.
Harmonic Minor Scale
A minor scale that raises the ______ scale degree by a half step, both ascending and descending, to create a strong leading tone.
Melodic Minor Scale
A minor scale that raises the sixth and seventh scale degrees when ______ but reverts to natural minor when ______.
Relative Minor
A minor key that shares the ______ key signature as its major counterpart, found by going down a minor third from the major tonic.
Parallel Minor
A minor key that shares the ______ tonic with a major key but has a different key signature.
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