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
Major scale a raised third. \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { </score> The second is the combined scale that goes as Ionian ascending and as the previous melodic major descending. It differs from melodic minor scale only by raising the third degree to a major third. \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { </score> The double harmonic major scale has a minor second and a minor sixth. It is the fifth mode of the Hungarian minor scale. \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { </score> Major scale The major scale (or Ionian scale) is one of the most