Originally Posted by: Julian VickersI'm not trying to start a fight or anything, but there really is a reason. I guess I explained it badly but the truth is, especially at my music school, where not everybody has a full knowledge of all the scales but should know the major scale, saying to someone that the scale is 1 b3 4 5 b7 is going to be less confusing than saying 1 3 4 5 and 7 of the 'minor scale'.

It's not confusing me or anything, I know what the aeolian is, but take classical for instance, the main minor scales are the Harmonic Minor and the Melodic Minor. A classical student probably wouldn't know about 'the minor scale' as we are talking about it.

[/rant]

lol theory flame wars! you'd better lock this thread before it gets nasty! ;)

Obviously when we say "the minor scale" we are referring to the natural minor.

This entire reasoning is rendered obsolete here: "where not everybody has a full knowledge of all the scales but should know the major scale, saying to someone that the scale is 1 b3 4 5 b7 is going to be less confusing than saying 1 3 4 5 and 7 of the 'minor scale'," because I said it would be easier for people who know the minor scale.