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
In scale In scale The in" scale (also known as the Sakura" pentatonic scale due to its use in the well-known folk song "Sakura Sakura") is, according to a traditional theory, one of two pentatonic scales used in much Japanese music, excluding "gagaku" and Buddhist chanting. The "in" scale, which contains minor notes, is used specifically in music for the "koto" and "shamisen" and is contrasted with the "yo" scale, which does not contain minor notes. More recent theory emphasizes that it is more useful in interpreting Japanese melody to view scales on the basis of "nuclear tones" located a fourth apart