Another violin lesson, another scale to learn – or two in this case. It’s been a while since I’ve actually had to think how a minor key differs from a major key, espcially in its melodic and harmonic variants. Long as I remember to flatten the third, sixth and seventh notes on ascent and only flatten the third note on the descent, I’ll have the melodic sorted. The harmonic is easier as you just flatten the third and sixth both ascending and descending. I’d got so used to just playing them on the piano, I’d stopped thinking about the actually theory behind it all. Ah well, at least if I ever get to grade 5 and want to take the practical exam, I’ll already have my ancient grade 5 theory certificate kicking around so that’s already sorted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Another violin lesson, another scale to learn – or two in this case. It’s been a while since I’ve actually had to think how a minor key differs from a major key, espcially in its melodic and harmonic variants. Long as I remember to flatten the third, sixth and seventh notes on ascent and only… <\/p>\n