Compare the forms of minor — The Common Tone

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6 and 7 return to natural minor on the way down

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Compare the forms

Click a row name or note. Left/Right follows the row; Up/Down keeps the degree. Enter/Space repeats.

Up & down returns natural/harmonic on the same notes. Melodic ↑ pauses, then returns on ↓. The descending row always goes down.

Hear all compares the forms. Stop cancels everything. Piano follows the named row; Locate moves its keys.

Curves mark half steps; unmarked gaps are whole steps. The pointed +2 marks an augmented second (3 half steps). Close Help with ×, Escape or Help again.

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