Editing Minor scale (section)

==Harmonic minor scale==
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===Construction===
{{Image frame|content=<score sound="1" override_midi="Schumann First Symphony harmonic minor example.mid">
\relative c {
   \clef bass 
   \time 2/2
   \key g \minor
   \tempo "Allegro"
   g2 a bes4 c2 d4 es2 fis g1
}
</score>|width=360|caption=Theme in harmonic minor from the opening of [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]]'s [[Symphony No. 1 (Schumann)|First Symphony]] (1841)<ref name=Forte>[[Allen Forte|Forte, Allen]] (1979). ''Tonal Harmony'', p. 13. Third edition. Holt, Rinhart, and Winston. {{ISBN|0-03-020756-8}}.</ref>}}The '''harmonic minor scale''' (or Aeolian {{music|natural}}7 scale) has the same notes as the natural minor scale except that the seventh degree is raised by one [[semitone]], creating an [[augmented second]] between the sixth and seventh degrees.

:<score sound="1"> {
\override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f
\relative c' { 
  \clef treble \time 7/4
  a4^\markup { A harmonic minor scale } b c d e f gis a2 }
}
</score>
Thus, a harmonic minor scale is represented by the following notation:

: 1, 2, {{music|b}}3, 4, 5, {{music|b}}6, 7, 8
A harmonic minor scale can be built by lowering the 3rd and 6th degrees of the parallel major scale by one semitone.

Because of this construction, the 7th degree of the harmonic minor scale functions as a [[leading tone]] to the [[Tonic (music)|tonic]] because it is a ''semitone'' lower than the tonic, rather than a ''whole tone'' lower than the tonic as it is in natural minor scales.

===Intervals===
The [[Interval (music)|intervals]] between the notes of a harmonic minor scale follow the sequence below:

: whole, half, whole, whole, half, augmented second, half

===Uses===
While it evolved primarily as a basis for chords, the harmonic minor with its augmented second is sometimes used melodically. Instances can be found in [[Mozart]], [[Beethoven]] (for example, the finale of his [[String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)|String Quartet No. 14]]), and [[Schubert]] (for example, in the first movement of the ''[[Death and the Maiden Quartet]]''). In this role, it is used while descending far more often than while ascending. A familiar example of the descending scale is heard in a [[ring of bells]]. A ring of twelve is sometimes augmented with a 5♯ and 6♭ to make a 10 note harmonic minor scale from bell 2 to bell 11 (for example, Worcester Cathedral).<ref>[https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?DoveID=WORCESTER "Dove's Guide"]</ref>

The [[Hungarian minor scale]] is similar to the harmonic minor scale but with a raised 4th degree. This scale is sometimes also referred to as "Gypsy Run", or alternatively "Egyptian Minor Scale", as mentioned by [[Miles Davis]] who describes it in his autobiography as "something that I'd learned at Juilliard".<ref>{{cite book|last = Davis|first = Miles|last2 = Troupe|first2 = Quincy|title = Miles, the Autobiography|year = 1990|publisher = Simon & Schuster|isbn = 0-671-72582-3|pages = [https://archive.org/details/milesautobiograp0000davi/page/64 64]|url = https://archive.org/details/milesautobiograp0000davi/page/64}}</ref>

In popular music, examples of songs in harmonic minor include [[Katy B]]'s "[[Easy Please Me]]", [[Bobby Brown]]'s "[[My Prerogative]]", and [[Jazmine Sullivan]]'s "[[Bust Your Windows]]". The scale also had a notable influence on heavy metal, spawning a sub-genre known as [[neoclassical metal]], with guitarists such as [[Chuck Schuldiner]], [[Yngwie Malmsteen]], [[Ritchie Blackmore]], and [[Randy Rhoads]] employing it in their music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/neo-classical-metal-ma0000011866|title=Neo-Classical Metal Music Genre Overview {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref>