Harmonic Minor Scale Tabs
The harmonic minor scale is similar to the natural minor but with a raised seventh, giving it a very distinctive sound. It's commonly used over the five chord in a minor key where the chord is played as a dominant seventh instead of a minor seventh. For example, in the key of A minor a common chord progression would be Am, G, F, E7. The E is the five chord and would be played as minor if it were to stay strictly in the key but the dominant 7 is often used instead as it resolves better back to the A minor. In this situation you could use the natural minor scale over the first three chords and then switch to harmonic minor over the E7.
1. C harmonic minor scale with the root note on 6th string 8th fret
E||----------------------------------7-8-10-|| B||------------------------------8-9--------|| G||-----------------------7-8-10------------|| D||------------------9-10-------------------|| A||----------8-10-11------------------------|| E||--8-10-11--------------------------------||
2. C harmonic minor scale with the root note on 4th string 10th fret
E||--------------------------------------------10-11-13-|| B||--------------------------------------12-13----------|| G||-----------------------------10-12-13----------------|| D||--------------------10-12-13-------------------------|| A||-----------10-11-14----------------------------------|| E||--10-11-13-------------------------------------------||
3. C harmonic minor scale with the root note on 5th string 15th fret
E||--------------------------------------------11-13-15-|| B||-----------------------------------12-13-15----------|| G||-----------------------------12-13-------------------|| D||--------------------12-13-15-------------------------|| A||-----------11-14-15----------------------------------|| E||--11-13-15-------------------------------------------||
4. C harmonic minor scale with the root note on 5th string 3rd fret
E||------------------------------3-4-7-|| B||------------------------3-4-6-------|| G||--------------------4-5-------------|| D||--------------3-5-6-----------------|| A||--------3-5-6-----------------------|| E||--3-4-7-----------------------------||
5. C harmonic minor scale with the root note on 6th string 8th fret
E||------------------------------4-7-8-|| B||------------------------4-6-8-------|| G||------------------4-5-7-------------|| D||--------------5-6-------------------|| A||--------5-6-8-----------------------|| E||--4-7-8-----------------------------||