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Hi Guys,
Today a quick look at the Chords,Scale and Arpeggios of the A natural minor scale.
To begin with this scale is exactly the same as the C Major scale but starting on the 6th degree:
Chords of Major
![c-major-chords-of-scale-diagram](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-27-at-23.08.25-1.png?w=766)
Chords of A natural minor
![a-minor-natural-chords-of-scale-diagram](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-28-at-10.48.20.png?w=631)
Next we will play through and exploit and “Colour” the arpeggios of the scale:
A minor
![a-minor-arpeggio-diagram](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-29-at-15.31.49.png?w=677)
B Diminished
![b-dim-arpeggio-diagram](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-29-at-15.31.58.png?w=620)
C Major 7th
![c-major-arpeggio-diagram](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-29-at-15.16.20.png?w=824)
D minor
![d-minor-arpeggio-diagram](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-29-at-15.16.28.png?w=813)
E minor
![e-minor-arpeggio-diagram](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2024-01-19-at-10.58.51.png?w=927)
F Major
![f-major-arpeggio-diagram](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-29-at-15.16.44.png?w=730)
G Major
![g-major-arpeggio-diagram](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-29-at-15.31.42.png?w=655)
We will now descend in broken chords in groups of 4 notes.
![arpeggios-c-major-scale](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-27-at-23.10.17.png?w=778)
Exploiting the arpeggios over different chords of the scale:
Here are a few examples of playing a different arpeggio over a different chord of the scale:
![arpeggios-c-major-scale-superimpositions](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-28-at-09.51.51.png?w=1024)
Scale ideas:
Here is a basic way of breaking up the scale by employing triplets:
First we will do this on one string:
![a-minor-scale-triplets-example](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-30-at-15.03.47.png?w=1024)
Now we will cross all 6 strings:
![a-minor-scale-triplets-example](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-27-at-23.10.43.png?w=1024)
This time we will employ 16th’s in 4 note groupings of “Tetrachords” creating a double time smooth pentatonic line.
![tetrachords-a-natural-minor-scale-example-pentatonic](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-28-at-09.52.50-1.png?w=1024)
We can change the Dominant [minor] chord in the A natural minor scale and make it Major:
With this in mind we realise that the G natural is now a G# and so we can employ the A Harmonic minor scale to play over it.
Here is a simple 2 finger fingering:
![a-harmonic-minor-scale-dominat-chord-example](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-28-at-09.56.55-1.png?w=736)
Now, let’s extend this:
![a-harmonic-minor-scale-dominat-chord-example](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-30-at-13.28.52-1.png?w=1024)
We could also use the E7 Arpeggio:
![e7-dominant-arpeggios-example](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-28-at-10.16.20.png?w=835)
Finally, we have a lick with an arpeggio [that also implies a triad pair] going to a pentatonic phrase:
![E-dominat-chord-guitar-lick](https://jazzimproviser.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-2023-12-28-at-09.57.27.png?w=1024)
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