Have a look/listen to the D Natural Minor Scale: So, in order to play a D Natural Minor Scale we play all the white notes starting on D except for B (which we replace with a B Flat): This set pattern of note intervals beginning on D leads us to a scale with all white notes except for a B Flat instead of a B natural: Let’s try a different example of a natural minor scale starting on a different note: D Natural Minor Scaleīy following our set pattern of note intervals for a natural minor scale (Tone – Semitone – Tone – Tone – Semitone – Tone – Tone) we can easily work out the natural D minor scale. You will also notice that the pattern of steps follows the set pattern of Natural minor scale intervals given above (Tone – Semitone – Tone – Tone – Semitone – Tone – Tone). Have a look/listen to the A Natural Minor being played on the piano: You have just played an ascending A Natural Minor Scale.Ĭome back down again and you have just played the descending A Natural Minor Scale. Look at a keyboard and play a scale (of all the white notes) starting on A and going up until you reach the A above it (I have highlighted these notes in red on the keyboard above). The key signature of A minor tells us that there are no sharps or flats (in other words, you play all the white notes on a keyboard and none of the black notes). Let’s have a look at two examples of natural minor scales: A Natural Minor Scale The natural minor scale follows the notes set out in the key signature for the scale without any changes. It is the same pattern of notes when going up the scale as when going down the scale. Tone – Semitone – Tone – Tone – Semitone – Tone – Tone The set pattern of intervals for the notes of the natural minor scale is: It follows a set pattern of note intervals. The natural minor scale is the most basic form of the minor scale.