C minor

Last week we made a melody (the part of a song you sing along to) with the C Major Scale and on Tuesday we played the C Major scale on the Matrix.

Today we are going to create the C minor scale using the keyboard.

The difference between the C Major Scale and the C minor Scale is that the 3rd, 6th, and 7th notes of the C minor scale are one step below those notes in the C Major Scale.

1. Open Reason
2. Make sure you have a Mixer 14:2
3. Create a NN19 Digital Sampler
4. Click on the Folder in the upper left hand corner of the NN19.
5. In the Patch Browser, click Reason Factory Sound Bank: NN19 Sampler Patches: Guitar: ACGUITAR.smp
6. Now that we have our sound loaded we need to play the scale on the keyboard.
   
7. We want to use the Keyboard to play a C minor Scale both up the scale and down the scale.
8. Push the Click button on the transport and change the tempo to 80 bpm.
9. Practice playing the scale with the click.
10. When you have it under your fingers it's time to record it.
11. Change the Right loop point from 9 to 3 on the sequencer.
12. Hit Record and Play, let the cursor go through the loop and start playing the scale when it gets back to the L.
13. After you have recorded the scale, highlight the notes and quantize.
    
14. Save the project in your folder as C minor Scale.
15. Now open a new Reason file.
16. Create a Drum Beat on the Redrum.
17. Add a melody in C minor using the NN19.
    
18. On your blog, answer the following questions.
19. How does the C minor scale sound different from the C Major scale?
20. What's a melody that uses the C minor scale?
21. What's your favorite instrument?
22. What's your favorite song right now?