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Click on the scale name for a diagram and explanation of each scale type:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F Major Scale<\/a><\/strong> | F Natural Minor Scale<\/a><\/strong> | F Harmonic Minor Scale<\/a><\/strong> | F Melodic Minor Scale<\/a><\/strong> | F Major Pentatonic Scale<\/a><\/strong> | F Minor Pentatonic Scale<\/a><\/strong> | F Major Blues Scale<\/strong><\/a> | F Minor Blues Scale<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F MAJOR SCALE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The F major scale contains seven notes and starts and ends on F. Major scales are arranged in a specific pattern of whole and half steps: W-W-H-W-W-W-H.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F NATURAL MINOR SCALE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The F natural minor scale follows the key signature of its relative major: A-flat major. In natural minor scales, there are no additional accidentals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relative major key of F minor is A-flat major. Therefore, F minor has four flats (B\u266d, E\u266d, A\u266d, D\u266d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TIP:<\/strong> To find the relative major key, count up three half-steps from the minor key’s root note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F HARMONIC MINOR SCALE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Harmonic minor scales follow the key signature of the relative major key and raise the seventh note of the scale by one half-step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relative major key of F minor is A-flat major and the seventh note of F minor is E\u266d. Therefore, F harmonic minor has one flat (B\u266d, E\u266d, A\u266d, D\u266d) and E\u266d is raised to E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F MELODIC MINOR SCALE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In melodic minor scales, we raise the sixth and seventh notes up one half-step when ascending and lower them back down when descending. Melodic minor scales follow the key signature of the scale’s relative major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relative major key of F minor is A-flat major. Therefore, F minor has one flat (B\u266d, E\u266d, A\u266d, D\u266d) and D\u266d and E\u266d are the sixth and seventh notes. We raise D\u266d and E\u266d to D and E when ascending the melodic minor scale, and we lower them back to D\u266d and E\u266d when descending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F Melodic Minor Ascending<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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F Melodic Minor Descending<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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F MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The F major pentatonic is a five-note scale built on the following major scale degrees: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The F minor blues scale is built on the following degrees of the natural minor scale: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also think of it as being built on the following major scale degrees: 1, \u266d3, 4, 5, \u266d7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F MAJOR BLUES SCALE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The F major blues scale is built on the following degrees of the major scale: 1, 2, \u266d3, 3, 5, 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F MINOR BLUES SCALE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The F minor blues scale is built on the following degrees of the natural minor scale: 1, 3, 4, \u266d5, 5, 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also think of it as being built on the following major <\/em>scale degrees: 1, \u266d3, 4, \u266d5, 5, \u266d7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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