Relative Minors

With reference to my previous post->(To find out the major scales other than C) please note the fifth highlighted note in the C Major scale. We have to apply the formula for major scales as said in my previous post from the highlighted note
and find out the respective scale. For e.g. the Major scale following the Sa Major scale is Pa, and the scale for Pa is shown below

Pa
Dha2
Ni2
Sa
Ri2
Ga2
Ma2
Pa

Now, this scale is also called as relative minor . It can be effectively called as Pa scale is relative minor to Sa scale. Minor scales can also be found by finding the 6th degree of the major scale. (meaning finding the 6th note from starting note and playing the same notes as the major scale).

The relative minor scale to Sa is shown below:

It is dha2 scale that is relative minor to sa scale. The scale is shown below with a screenshot.

Dha2
Ni2
Sa
Ri2
Ga2
Ma1
Pa
Dha2

Finding out minors (or) Minor Scales

Minor scales play an equally important role as majors.

There are three type of minor scales. They are:

1. Relative Minors
2. Harmonic Minors
3. Melodic Minors
   

To find out the major scales other than C

We need to be well-versed with scales in order to compose a simple song. For that, we have to find out all the scales. It depends on the previously found out scales.

For E.G.,

The major scales for Sa as with reference to the previous post in my blog is

Sa
Ri2
Ga2
Ma1
Pa
Dha2
Ni2
Sa


We need to find out the next major scale from the previous scales as follows. With reference to the Sa major Scale,

Sa
Ri2
Ga2
Ma1
Pa
Dha2
Ni2
Sa

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Scales

There are two types of scales

Major Scales
Minor Scales
All songs come under these two categories.
Major Scales can be found out from the following formula explained below.
To know this, we first need to know what is a Tone and what is a semi-tone.

A tone can be considered as any starting key. It is the wish of the MD(Music Director)
The second consecutive key on the keyboard with respect to the current one in use is a TONE

The next consecutive key for the user with respect to the one that is currently in use is called as a semi-tone.
The major scales can be found out using the following formula below

Tone-Tone-Semitone,Tone-Tone-Tone-Semitone

For e.g.The Major scale for S(Sa) is :


Tones are marked as T and semi Tones are marked as S.

The keys location of keyboard

There are 7 swaras or sounds in a keyboard, namely

S(called as Saa in tamil)
R(Ree)
G(Gaa)
M(Maa)
P(Paa)
D(Dha)
N(Ni)

. There are two sounds for some notes called as and to differentiate. The keys that vary are

R
G
M
D
N.

It is shown in the picture below.

Note that all 1's and 2's follow same pattern except for M which is vice versa when compared with others.

This is carnatic notation. Henceforth all my posts will be in carnatic based.

Below is the location of various keys on the keyboard.

The Basic Look of Keyboard a.k.a piano

Here is how a music keyboard looks