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→The Natural Minor Scale
Major: w-w-h-w-w-w-h
Minor: w-h-w-w-h-w-w
== Relative Minor/Major ==
If you observed astutely, the whole-half pattern is exactly the same; it just starts on a different note:
Major: w-w-h-w-w-w-h w-w-h-w-w-w-h
Minor: w-h-w-w-h-w-w
So if you take any major key and play a scale starting on the sixth note, you have a natural minor scale. For the key of C Major, the sixth note is A. A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A is the A Minor scale.
When two scales share the exact same set of notes, they are called relatives. For any major scale, there is a relative minor and vice versa. A Minor is the relative minor of C Major.