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Improvising in a Minor Key

A free guide to scale choices for minor key harmony — natural minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor, and Dorian.

Understanding minor keys means knowing when to use each scale form. This guide covers the four essential minor scales — and shows you exactly which chord/scale combination to use over tonic, dominant, and predominant chords. Enter your email below and the PDF will be sent straight to your inbox.

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    Inside you'll learn which scale to play over every common chord in minor — Am7, E7, Dm7, Bm7b5, and more — with fretboard diagrams for each one.

    By Jim Ellis | Hampstead Guitar, LLC. Visit fretprints.com for more jazz guitar resources, lessons, and interactive fretboard tools.