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← F𝄪 Harmonic Minor on Guitar

F𝄪 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.

Engraved by Verovio 6.2.0-43f8060 3 5 title F𝄪 Harmonic Minor — In Thirds
Engraved by Verovio 6.2.0-43f8060 2 3 4 5 title F𝄪 Harmonic Minor — In Thirds
Verovio
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

ParallelF𝄪 Natural MinorDrop the leading tone — natural minor without harmonic minor's classical pull.ParallelF𝄪 Melodic MinorRaise the 6th too — the classical melodic minor ascending pattern.5th modeC𝄪 Phrygian DominantSame pitch collection, tonic on the 5th — Spanish flamenco vocabulary.2nd modeG𝄪 Locrian Natural 6Same pitch collection, tonic on the 2nd — Locrian with a ♮6, used over m7♭5.Up a fifthC𝄪 Harmonic MinorOne sharp brighter on the harmonic minor circle.Up a fourthB♯ Harmonic MinorOne flat darker.One note differentF𝄪 HungarianRaise the 4th and you get Hungarian minor — same haunting edge with an extra augmented 2nd.ExoticF𝄪 Double HarmonicBorrow the augmented 2nd into the lower tetrachord too — Byzantine / Arabic vocabulary.

Same presentation in other keys