← A♭ Harmonic Minor on Bass Guitar
A♭ Harmonic Minor — In Thirds
Scales harmonised in thirds are a core jazz, classical, and fingerstyle drill — each beat is a two-note voicing of the scale tone plus a diatonic third above. The intervals alternate between major and minor thirds depending on the scale degree.
Tempo120 bpm
Playback sounds an octave below the written notation — the instrument's concert (sounding) pitch.
Audio source: tonejs-instruments by Nick Brosowsky (MIT)
Related scales
ParallelA♭ Natural MinorDrop the leading tone — natural minor without harmonic minor's classical pull.ParallelA♭ Melodic MinorRaise the 6th too — the classical melodic minor ascending pattern.5th modeE♭ Phrygian DominantSame pitch collection, tonic on the 5th — Spanish flamenco vocabulary.2nd modeB♭ Locrian Natural 6Same pitch collection, tonic on the 2nd — Locrian with a ♮6, used over m7♭5.Up a fifthE♭ Harmonic MinorOne sharp brighter on the harmonic minor circle.Up a fourthD♭ Harmonic MinorOne flat darker.One note differentA♭ HungarianRaise the 4th and you get Hungarian minor — same haunting edge with an extra augmented 2nd.ExoticA♭ Double HarmonicBorrow the augmented 2nd into the lower tetrachord too — Byzantine / Arabic vocabulary.