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A Minor Scale

The A minor scale is the most important minor scale for guitarists, containing no sharps or flats. Its versatile, melancholic sound is the relative minor of C major and appears in virtually every genre.

Also known as

  • A Natural Minor
  • A Aeolian

Formula

1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7

Notes

ABCDEFG

Diatonic Chords

These chords are built from the notes of the A Minor scale. Each degree gets a chord based on the intervals stacked above it.

i A Minor
ii° B dim
III C Major
iv D Minor
v E Minor
VI F Major
VII G Major
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Related Scales

Other A Scales

MajorHarmonic MinorMelodic MinorMajor PentatonicMinor PentatonicMinor BluesMajor BluesDorianPhrygianLydianMixolydianLocrianHarmonic Major

Other Minor Scales

CC#DEbEFF#GAbBbB