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Harmonic Minor and Augmented Chords

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<span class="text">[[B Diminished|B dim]]</span>

<span class="text">[[Other Open String Chords|Open Chords]]</span>

== A Harmonic Minor ==

<span class="text current">[[#A Harmonic Minor|A Harm Minor]]</span>

<span class="text">[[#Changes to whole-half Pattern|Whole-Half Pattern]]</span>

<span class="text">[[#Changes to Diatonic Chords|Diatonic Chords]]</span>

<span class="text">[[#Augmented Chord|Augmented Chord]]</span>

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The A Harmonic Minor scale is thus A - B - C - D - E - F - G{{s}} - A.

===Open Position===

eE---------------------------------------------- bB---------------------------------------------- gG-------------------1--2--1-------------------- dD----------0--2--3-----------3--2--0----------- aA-0--2--3-----------------------------3--2--0-- eE----------------------------------------------

A B C D E F G# A G# F E D C B A

eE-------------------------------------------0--1--4-/5-- bB----------------------------------0--1--3-------------- gG----------------------------1--2----------------------- dD-------------------0--2--3----------------------------- aA----------0--2--3-------------------------------------- eE-0--1--4-----------------------------------------------

E F G# A B C D E F G# A B C D E F G# A

== Changes to whole-half Pattern ==

<span class="text">[[#A Harmonic Minor|A Harm Minor]]</span>

<span class="text current">[[#Changes to whole-half Pattern|Whole-Half Pattern]]</span>

<span class="text">[[#Changes to Diatonic Chords|Diatonic Chords]]</span>

<span class="text">[[#Augmented Chord|Augmented Chord]]</span>

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By changing one of the notes, we change the whole-half sequence of the notes in the scale. We now have:

However, the classical usage was more focused on its impact on harmony (hence '''''harmonic''''' minor)...

== Changes to Diatonic Chords ==

<span class="text">[[#A Harmonic Minor|A Harm Minor]]</span>

<span class="text">[[#Changes to whole-half Pattern|Whole-Half Pattern]]</span>

<span class="text current">[[#Changes to Diatonic Chords|Diatonic Chords]]</span>

<span class="text">[[#Augmented Chord|Augmented Chord]]</span>

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The sharped 7th impacts the 3 dominant-function chords: the III, v, and VII.

| G#dim || vii{{dim}} || Dominant

|}

===Sample Progressions===

Am Dm/A E Am

i iv V i

eE--0------1------0------0-- bB--1------3------0------1-- gG--2------2------1------2-- dD--2------0------2------2-- aA--0------0------2------0-- eE----------------0---------

Am C+ F B{{dim}} C+ F B{{dim}} E Am

i III+ VI ii{{dim}} III+ VI ii{{dim}} V i

eE-0-------------|-0----1---1------|-0----1---1----0-|-0---------- bB-1-------------|-1----1---3------|-1----1---3----0-|-1---------- gG-2-------------|-1----2---x------|-1----2---x----1-|-2---------- dD-2-------------|-2----3---3------|-2----3---3----2-|-2---------- aA-0-------------|-3--------2------|-3--------2----2-|-0---------- eE---------------|-----------------|---------------0-|------------

Quite an impact, yes? You can definitely hear the increased tension of the dominant chord and stronger resolution to tonic.

== Augmented Chord ==

<span class="text">[[#A Harmonic Minor|A Harm Minor]]</span>

<span class="text">[[#Changes to whole-half Pattern|Whole-Half Pattern]]</span>

<span class="text">[[#Changes to Diatonic Chords|Diatonic Chords]]</span>

<span class="text current">[[#Augmented Chord|Augmented Chord]]</span>

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Whoa? What's that C+ chord? Augmented? Yeah, we may have got ahead of ourselves slightly.

C+ C+/E C+/G#

eE---------0--------- bB---1-----1--------- gG---1-----1-----1--- dD---2-----2-----2--- aA---3-----------3--- eE---------------4---

Instead of saying C+/E (C+ 1st inversion), we could just as easily call that a E+ (E G{{s}} B{{s}}) - C and B{{s}} are enharmonic. Similarly, C+/G{{s}} is the same pitches as G{{s}}+ (G{{s}} B{{s}} D{{s}}{{s}}), D{{s}}{{s}} = E.

== Homework ==

<span class="text">[[B Diminished|B dim]]</span>

<span class="text">[[Other Open String Chords|Open Chords]]</span>

[[Category:Chords]]

[[Category:Open Position]]

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