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The notes below on the treble staff are E F# G A B C D. I have included guitar tablature as well if you're more comfortable with that.
In Solfege this scale is: Do Re Me Fa Sol Le Te (Do)
Since G major and E natural minor share the same notes, this is why E minor guitar solos fit nicely in the key of G. As a matter of fact, many soloists will solo using the relative minor (or natural minor) scale of the major key the song is in.
Two other music theory scales need to be mentioned. The first is the harmonic minor scale. This scale has an Eastern European or Egyptian sound to it. Below is an E harmonic minor scale. The notes are E F# G A B C D#.
The notes are the same as E natural minor except for the 7th degree which has been raised by a half step (semitone). The reason this scale was created was so that there could be a major V (five chord) in minor so that it could resolve to the I (one chord).
In natural minor the V chord is minor and when this chord goes to the I chord it doesn't have the resolution that a major V chord has when it resolves to the I chord.
Remember, major chords have major 3rds and minor chords have minor 3rds. In this case the 5th note of an E scale is B. Since the chord built on B is a minor scale, the notes would be B, D, F (1, 3, 5). By raising the 7th degree D to a D#, we turn this into a major chord. I will explain more about chords in part 30 The Circle of Fifths.
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For a complete list of all notes in all keys of all music theory scales, visit Musical Scales.
Ok, let's look at the Circle of Fifths and build some chords in G Major!
Continue to Part 30, Circle of Fifths and G Major Chords
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