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Let us look at the formula for our minor scale. In a minor scale, we want a whole step, a half step, two more whole steps, a half step and two more whole steps. So, for instance, in A we are playing A minor, we want a whole step A to B, that would be a whole step, B to C is our natural half step. So, we already have our half step there, C to D whole step, D to E is another whole step, E to F is a natural half step. It is already built in, F to G is a whole step, G to A is a whole step. Now, in this instance in the minor scale our 1, 4, 5 chords are all going to be minors. Those would be our primary chords. Our second chord in this case B will also be a minor. The C, F and G are last three secondary chords will all be major chords.
Let me show you another example in the key of D minor. Again, we want a whole step, a half step, two whole steps, a half step and two more whole steps. So D to E is a whole step, the distance between E to F is a natural half step, F to G is a whole step, G to A is a whole step, A to B is a whole step but we need a half step in there. So what we need to do is look at A and going up to B as a whole step, we need a half step. This would be a B flat in this instance. A sharp, B flat has the difference but in this case we will count the B flat. So A to B flat is a half step, B to C is another whole step, C to D is our final whole step.
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