Minor scales with a key signature · The minor scales · Music theory
A minor scale takes the key signature of its relative major. The accidentals of the leading tone (and of VI in melodic minor) are written in the music,…
Minor scales with a key signature
A minor scale takes the key signature of its relative major. The accidentals of the leading tone (and of VI in melodic minor) are written in the music, never in the key signature.
E minor, the relative of G major, has one sharp in its key signature (F♯); its leading tone, D♯, is written every time it appears.
The Picardy third
For centuries, a piece in minor could end on a major tonic chord: a raised 3rd in the last chord, which brings an unexpected light to the ending. It is called the Picardy third and is very common in Renaissance and Baroque music.