Originally Posted by: bbzswa777So, for further clarification, it's possible to pick out certain notes from this scale that are major, while another combination could be minor?[/quote]
If you build a triad on every note of a scale, using only notes from that scale, you will get a variety of major & minor chords; often a diminished in there & in harmonic minor an augmented.

Check out this tutorial that explains the basics of triadic harmony.

www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=495
[QUOTE=bbzswa777] Even though it's the harmonic minor scale (or any scale for that matter), it still includes enough major notes to put together a major sounding lick?