YouTube Playlist: Scale Mastery for Professional Saxophonists
- Title: harmonic minor scales
- Release date: September 5, 2026
- Produced by: Djere Services Group
- Audio generated using: Gemini Notebook
- Audio and video edited using only Free Software/open-source software (FOSS): Shotcut
- Associated article: https://saxtalk.com/harmonic-minor-scales.html
Executive Summary
In this article/video, we're going to shine a bright light on mastering the harmonic minor scales in all 15 key signatures. We'll use my Balanced Scale Pairs System (see Reference A) to master the A harmonic minor scale, then we'll master 7 key pairs: the 1 accidental key pair through the 7 accidental key pair.
Keywords: harmonic minor scales, music theory, key signatures, minor keys, scale notes, sharps and flats, accidentals, practice charts, music reference, saxophone practice, instrumental practice
0 Accidentals
| Label | Key | Signature | Scale Notes |
|---|
| 00 | A harmonic minor | 0 | A - B - C - D - E - F - G# - A |
1 Accidental
| Label | Key | Signature | Scale Notes |
|---|
| 01a | E harmonic minor | 1 Sharp (F#) | E - F# - G - A - B - C - D# - E |
| 01b | D harmonic minor | 1 Flat (Bb) | D - E - F - G - A - Bb - C# - D |
2 Accidentals
| Label | Key | Signature | Scale Notes |
|---|
| 02a | B harmonic minor | 2 Sharps (F#, C#) | B - C# - D - E - F# - G - A# - B |
| 02b | G harmonic minor | 2 Flats (Bb, Eb) | G - A - Bb - C - D - Eb - F# - G |
3 Accidentals
| Label | Key | Signature | Scale Notes |
|---|
| 03a | F# harmonic minor | 3 Sharps (F#, C#, G#) | F# - G# - A - B - C# - D - E# - F# |
| 03b | C harmonic minor | 3 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab) | C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - B - C |
4 Accidentals
| Label | Key | Signature | Scale Notes |
|---|
| 04a | C# harmonic minor | 4 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#) | C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A - B# - C# |
| 04b | F harmonic minor | 4 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db) | F - G - Ab - Bb - C - Db - E - F |
5 Accidentals
| Label | Key | Signature | Scale Notes |
|---|
| 05a | G# harmonic minor | 5 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#) | G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E - Fx - G# |
| 05b | Bb harmonic minor | 5 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb) | Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - Gb - A - Bb |
6 Accidentals
| Label | Key | Signature | Scale Notes |
|---|
| 06a | D# harmonic minor | 6 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#) | D# - E# - F# - G# - A# - B - Cx - D# |
| 06b | Eb harmonic minor | 6 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb) | Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb - Cb - D - Eb |
7 Accidentals
| Label | Key | Signature | Scale Notes |
|---|
| 07a | A# harmonic minor | 7 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#, B#) | A# - B# - C# - D# - E# - F# - Gx - A# |
| 07b | Ab harmonic minor | 7 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb, Fb) | Ab - Bb - Cb - Db - Eb - Fb - G - Ab |
References
[A] The Balanced Scale Pairs System (Saxtalk.com). Retrieved September 5, 2026 from here.
