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CHAPTER XVMinor Melody

We have seer that the minor scale is made by lowering thethird and sixth degrees of the major scale. In the same way anymajor melody may be made minor by lowering its third and sixthdegrees.A minor melody may be written with the proper minor signature,which is borrowed from the major key of the same name as thethird degree. When using the minor signature the seventh degreehas to be raised by an accidental.

Minor melodies are constructed in the same manner as majormelodies. In a minor scale the progression from 6 to 7 is an Aug-mented 2nd. An augmented 2nd sounds like a minor 3rd, whichis a skip. If the scale-progression 5 6 7 8 is seen on the paper,we expect to hear the smooth diatonic progression of major andminor 2nds. In minor, when using the progressions 5 6 7 8 or 87 '6 5, we hear the jump of the augmented 2nd, while the eye seesa scale. In order to overcome this discrepancy and make theprogression sound diatonic, the 6th degree is raised when it pro-gresses up to 7, and the 7th degree is lowered when it progressesdown to 6: on'1 '' _ .. oiil

NOTE. To avoid confusion, remember that in thinking and writing in minorthe 7th is always raised, as the minor signature lowers the 3rd, 6th, and 7thdegrees of the major scale.In studying the above, remember that you help 6 up to 7 by raising it, and7 down to 6 by lowering it.

This results in what is known as the Melodic Form of the MinorScale. It is a modification of the Harmonic Form, and is used onlyin melodic progression when 6 goes up to 7, or 7 down to 6.

The following are exceptions: The form with the lowered7th is used in the ascending scale-line, when the IV, II or VIchord is used for the harmonization. The raised form of the scalewould clash with the tones of the chord. For the same reason,the form with the raised 6th is used in the descending scale-line,when the V chord is used for the harmonization.

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