The leading Tone of A flat minor is G, because G is the degree VII and is distant to a seventh major of the tonic, or an half step (semitone ) lower than the tonic). For example: Relative major of D minor is F major, because the distace between this two notes is exactly 3 Semi-tones. How do we do this Easy: We add 3 Semi-tones to the name of the scale. The relative major key of A flat minor is C flat Major and below if the C flat Major scale : In order to know if a music scale is a flat scale, first we need to know what the relative major scale is. The note names of A flat descending melodic minor scale are : A♭ G♭ F♭ E♭ D♭ C♭ B♭Ĭlosely related keys of A flat minor are: The note names of A flat ascending melodic minor scale are : A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F♮ G♮ The note names of A flat harmonic minor scale are : A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F♭ G♮ The note names of A flat natural minor scale are : A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ Here are all A flat minor scales: A flat natural minor scale

For more info on The Major Scale please click here. So using the sentence: Boogie Ends And Down Go Cats Fast (B, E, A, D, G, C, F) you can tell the flat B, E, A, and D are the four flats used. Say for example you are looking at the key A Flat, it has four flats. There are four different kinds of minor scales and here are all A flat minor scales: For example: To start, use the circle of fifths to find the key you are looking for.

The key signature of A flat minor scale has seven flats (7♭) because its relative major key is C flat Major scale.įour different kinds of A flat minor scale

Flat minor scales circle of fifth order