Aeolian

Aeolian is the direct minor counterpart to Ionian, and what most people mean when they just say "minor" — it's the natural minor scale itself. It shares every note with its relative major, starting from the 6th degree.

6th mode of the Major scale

Minor

Intervals

1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

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Chords

Triads

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7th Chords

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