I'm practicing my scales for flute, and one of them is D Harmonic Minor. On the music I have, in the scale all the Cs are marked as accidentals, but on the arpeggio it isn't. Do I play C sharp for the arpeggio? Why/why not? If you can help, I would really appreciate it.
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That's because there's a difference between the D harmonic minor SCALE, and the arpeggio. There is really no such thing as a Dminor harmonic arpeggio, since arpeggios are basically a breakdown of the chord. What you would play is is D-F-A, with no C#. The scale WOULD include the C#, as C# is the sharpened 7th note that you would need to make it harmonic, as opposed to natural or melodic. So, the scale is D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C# and the arpeggio is D-F-A. The only arpeggio where you would include the C# is if you were playing Dmin +maj7 or something, D-F-A-C#, generally thats reserved to jazz or romantic style music.
gretschplaya
The D Harmonic Minor scale is: D, E, F, G, A, Bb, C#, D. The 7th note is sharp, so in ALL scales of these, it is. Are you sure that the arpeggios aren't in D minor? It's kind of hard to see without the paper in front of me, but if it's not marked as sharp, I wouldn't see why it should be played otherwise.
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