Here are the 15 natural minor scales, organized by their key signatures to make your practice sessions easier to read and track.
In my Balanced Scale Pairs System (see Reference A), you master the natural minor scale in the key of no sharps/no flats first: A minor. Then you move on to master the 1 accidental pair: E minor (1 sharp) and D minor (1 flat). You repeat this process until you've mastered the natural minor scales in all 15 key signatures.
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0 Accidentals
Label
Key
Signature
Scale Notes
00
A minor
0
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - A
1 Accidental
Label
Key
Signature
Scale Notes
01a
E minor
1 Sharp (F#)
E - F# - G - A - B - C - D - E
01b
D minor
1 Flat (Bb)
D - E - F - G - A - Bb - C - D
2 Accidentals
Label
Key
Signature
Scale Notes
02a
B minor
2 Sharps (F#, C#)
B - C# - D - E - F# - G - A - B
02b
G minor
2 Flats (Bb, Eb)
G - A - Bb - C - D - Eb - F - G
3 Accidentals
Label
Key
Signature
Scale Notes
03a
F# minor
3 Sharps (F#, C#, G#)
F# - G# - A - B - C# - D - E - F#
03b
C minor
3 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab)
C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C
4 Accidentals
Label
Key
Signature
Scale Notes
04a
C# minor
4 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#)
C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A - B - C#
04b
F minor
4 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db)
F - G - Ab - Bb - C - Db - Eb - F
5 Accidentals
Label
Key
Signature
Scale Notes
05a
G# minor
5 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#)
G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E - F# - G#
05b
Bb minor
5 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb)
Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb
6 Accidentals
Label
Key
Signature
Scale Notes
06a
D# minor
6 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#)
D# - E# - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D#
06b
Eb minor
6 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb)
Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb - Cb - Db - Eb
7 Accidentals
Label
Key
Signature
Scale Notes
07a
A# minor
7 Sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#, B#)
A# - B# - C# - D# - E# - F# - G# - A#
07b
Ab minor
7 Flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb, Fb)
Ab - Bb - Cb - Db - Eb - Fb - Gb - Ab
References
[A] The Balanced Scale Pairs System (Saxtalk.com). Retrieved September 3, 2026 from here.
