Minor Scales & Arpeggios

What makes a minor scale's structure different from a major scale built on the same tonic?

What does it mean that a minor scale is the "relative" of a major scale?

Trick 1: D major has its tonic on D. Find the tonic of its relative minor by lowering 3 semitones.

Trick 2: the relative minor's tonic is which degree of the major scale? Apply it to G major (G A B C D E F# G).

When using "down 3 semitones" to find a relative minor, what mistake gives the wrong note?

What are the three forms of the minor scale, and which two does Level II cover?

Why is the natural minor scale also called the "antique" (old) minor?

To turn a natural minor into a HARMONIC minor, which degree do you change and how?

Building G# harmonic minor, you raise the 7th degree. But in G# minor the 7th degree (F#) is already sharp from the key signature. What do you write?

In a harmonic minor whose 7th degree is FLAT in the key signature, how do you raise that 7th?

Compare the step pattern of C major vs C harmonic minor. What is the standout interval in harmonic minor?

What is the step pattern of the natural (antique) minor scale, using C minor as the example?

At Level III, how is the MELODIC minor built from a natural minor — and what's different going up vs coming down?

You raised a degree in a minor scale. If only the 7th is raised it's harmonic; if the 6th AND 7th are raised it's ___?

Which scale degrees make up an arpeggio?

Build the C major arpeggio. Which notes do you play ascending?

Identify this scale (treble clef): a natural minor scale with no sharps or flats.

Identify this scale (treble clef): an A minor scale with a sharped G near the top.

Identify this on the staff (treble clef): the four notes C, E, G, C played in order.