Minor scale based on the accidentals of the "natural" minor scale, not on those of the harmonic or melodic minor scales. For example, a piece in E minor will have one sharp in its key signature because the E natural minor scale has one sharp (F). Major and minor keys that share the same key signature are "relative" to each other. For instance, F major is the relative major of D minor since both have key signatures with one flat. Since the natural minor scale is built on the 6th degree of the major scale, the tonic of the relative minor is
Harmonic major scale Notice the sixth note in the sequence is lowered, from G to G. The B harmonic major scale can also be obtained from the B harmonic minor scale, which is B C D E F G A, by raising the D to D. The B harmonic major scale may be derived from the E melodic minor scale with a raised fourth: E F G A B C D. The harmonic major scale may also be considered a synthetic scale, primarily used for implying and relating to various altered chords, with major and minor qualities in each tetrachord. Thus the musical