HARMONIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE | NAME | NOTES | NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C
--- | --- | --- | ---
I | HARMONIC MINOR |  |
II | LOCRIAN #6 |  |
III | IONIAN AUGMENTED |  |
IV | ROMANIAN |  |
V | PHRYGIAN DOMINANT |  |
VI | LYDIAN #2 |  |
VII | ULTRALOCRIAN |  |

HARMONIC MINOR |

Alternative names: Aeolian major 7, Melodic Minor flat 6, Mohammedan

It starts from the first grade of harmonic minor scale

NATURAL MINOR | C |  | D | Eb |  | F |  | G | Ab |  | Bb |  | C
HARMONIC MINOR | C |  | D | Eb |  | F |  | G | Ab |  |  | B | C

Structure: 2122131

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
minor | minor with major seventh |

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm^, Cm9(maj7), Cm^9, Cm(b6), Cm^(b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm(#5), Cm^(#5)

LOCRIAN #6 |

Alternative names: Locrian sharp 6

It starts from the second grade of harmonic minor scale

Structure: 1221312

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
diminished | half diminished |

Chord simbols: Cm7(b5), Cm7(b5 b9), CØ, CØ(b9)

IONIAN AUGMENTED |

Alternative names: Ionian sharp 5

It starts from the third grade of harmonic minor scale

Structure: 2213121

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
augmented | major seventh with augmented fifth |

Chord simbols: C+, C+(maj7), C^+, C9+(maj7), C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5)

ROMANIAN |

Alternative names: Dorian sharp 4, Misheberakh

It starts from the fourth grade of harmonic minor scale

Structure: 2131212

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
minor | minor seventh |

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm9, Cm7(#11), Cm9(#11), Cm13(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm7(b5), CØ

PHRYGIAN DOMINANT |

Alternative names: Mixolydian flat 9 flat 13, Phrygian Major, Balkan, Spanish, Gipsy, Ahava Rabah

It starts from the fifth grade of harmonic minor scale

PHRYGIAN | C | Db |  | Eb |  | F |  | G | Ab |  | Bb |  | C
PHRYGIAN DOMINANT | C | Db |  |  | E | F |  | G | Ab |  | Bb |  | C

Structure: 1312122

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
major | dominant |

Chord simbols: C, C7, C7(b9), C7(b9 b13)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5), C7(#5 b9)

LYDIAN #2 |

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 2

It starts from the sixth grade of harmonic minor scale

Structure: 3121221

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
major | major seventh |

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C^, Cmaj7(#9 #11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Cm^, Cm^(b5), C^(b5)

ULTRALOCRIAN |

Alternative names: Diminished

It starts from the seventh grade of harmonic minor scale

Structure: 1212213

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord:
diminished | diminished

Chord simbols: Cdim, C°, C°7