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April 19, 2021 By Aron Bernstein 2 Comments

Weekly Music Theory Challenge: 4/19/21

Show off your music theory chops with my weekly challenge! You’ll find a new question posted here every Monday, and you can comment to post your reply.

This week’s challenge:

How do you spell the notes of a D Sharp Harmonic Minor Scale?

CHECK BACK on Friday, 4/23 for the answer!

ANSWER for 4/19/21

Like any diatonic scale, D sharp harmonic minor has seven consecutive letter names, none skipped and none repeated. The seventh note of D sharp natural minor, C sharp, is raised a half-step in harmonic minor. Keeping the same letter name, it must be called C double sharp.

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  1. Mike says

    April 19, 2021 at 8:29 am

    D# E# F# G# A# B C##

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    • Aron Bernstein says

      April 23, 2021 at 7:47 am

      You’ve got it, Mike! The seventh note in the scale has the letter name C, which can’t be changed. So we’re stuck with C double sharp. Way to go!

      Reply

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