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          |  | A minor scale is a C major scale played from 
              A to A Every major scale has a relative minor. This 
              is found by starting on the sixth degree of the major scale.If you count up six alphabet letters 
              starting on C you should get an A
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          |  |  | Index 
            finger looks after 7th fret Middle finger the 8th
 Ring finger the 9th
 Little finger the 10th
 
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          |  |  |  | Solo over 12 bar blues in A using this A minor pentatonic scale 
            
             
            
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          |  | We could also use 
            one formula to build all minor scales. 
 W H W W H W W
 
 Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole
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