
To master well this scale to the electric bass we propose two fundamental fingerings, one with finger 1 and the other with finger 4.

Therefore, this new interval within the scale, will generate chords not seen until now in the major tonality.įor example, augmented chords or chords of diminished 7th or minor chords with major 7th. We have a tone interval and a half between the 6th and 7th grade. TONE + SEMITONE + TONE + TONE + SEMITONE + TONE AND SEMITONE + SEMITONE Well, now this has changed because there is an interval of augmented second or minor third, let’s take a look at the distances between notes of the harmonic minor scale:

Up to now we only had in the Greek scales or modes, between their notes, intervals of tone or semitone. The harmonic minor scale generates a particular sonority that we had not had until then within the major scale or Ionic mode. Therefore, we can say that the harmonic minor scale is the natural minor scale but with a major seventh.

The harmonic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale simply in a note, this note is the major seventh. We are going to focus this lesson in a global way, that is to say, apart from studying the minor harmonic scale in the electric bass, any musician will be able to inform himself and apply all this knowledge in his instrument. Welcome to this long-awaited lesson in harmonic minor scale.
