Natural Minor Key

ByDanny Cruz

Natural Minor Scale Key in E Minor for Guitar

Natural Minor Key – All positions of the natural minor scale put together.

This example shows all the 7 positions of the Natural Minor Scale put together. Remember, these are essentially the same shapes of the major scale positions or modes. The difference is the emphasis on the root note, based on a minor key, and played over a minor chord progression.

Learning all these shapes around the natural minor key will help you visual them, and will ultimately aid you when playing a major key. Likewise, if you learn these shapes while studying the major scale, that knowledge transfers over to the natural minor scale very well.

Danny Cruz

Danny Cruz is creative designer and web developer who has been playing music since 1996. It all started with drums. One thing led to another and a lot of time has been productively spent on guitar and bass since. He started SixStringSensei.com in 2005 to document his trajectory on guitar.

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