The number of notes in A minor is very simple, the scale is 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 seven notes, with obvious minor characteristics.
Although the natural minor key has a certain relationship with the natural major, the two have a strong independence from each other. The scales of a natural minor are as follows:
We can find that the natural minor key of A starts from the A note, and the intervals between its adjacent notes are major second, minor second, major second, major second, minor second, major second, and major second, which are clearly different from the major second, major second, minor second, major second, and minor second in the natural major key of C.
In fact, this relationship between C natural major and A natural minor is calledParallel major and minor tones。The sequences of the two are parallel and do not intersect or misalign.
In addition to the difference in intervals, the biggest difference between C natural major and A natural minor is that the main note of C natural major is C, and the main note of A natural minor is A, not C.
So, is there a natural minor key where the dominant note is C?Of course there is, that is, in C minor.
It can be seen that the difference between the scales of C natural major and C natural minor is in the three notes of **, sixth and seventh tones. All three notes in C natural minor are lower semitones than C natural major. And this relationship between C natural major and C natural minor is calledSame as major and minor keys