Editing Minor scale (section)

===Relationship to relative major===
A '''natural minor scale''' (or [[Aeolian mode]]) is a [[diatonic scale]] that is built by starting on the sixth [[Degree (music)|degree]] of its [[relative major|relative]] [[major scale]]. For instance, the A natural minor scale can be built by starting on the 6th degree of the C major scale:

:<score sound="1"> {
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\relative c' { 
  \clef treble \time 7/4
  c4^\markup { C major scale } d e f g
\override NoteHead.color = #red a \override NoteHead.color = #black b c2 \bar "||"
  \time 9/4
  \override NoteHead.color = #red a,4^\markup { A natural minor scale } \override NoteHead.color = #black b c d e f g a2 }
}
</score>

Because of this, the key of [[A minor]] is called the [[relative key|''relative minor'']] of [[C major]]. Every major key has a relative minor, which starts on the 6th scale degree or step. For instance, since the 6th degree of [[F major]] is D, the relative minor of F major is [[D minor]].