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50 The 12 Major Scales, and the 12 Minor Scales,
Each major se ale is followed by its re lative minor.

There are two ways of playing the minor sea le, we thought it best to give them here after each major
scale, le aving it to the instructor to teach them as he sees fit. ,ve mark by a figure 1 the first (modern)
minor sca le , also termed the "harmonic minor sca le ," and by a figure 2 the secorid (anrient) minor
scale, also termed the "melodic minor sc al e ."
We kriow, that the modern or harmonic minor scale has a minor sixth and the Ie ad ing , note both a
scending and descending ; whereas the ancient or melodic minor scale has a major sixth and the leading
note is ascending, and a minor seventh and minor sixth in descending.
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