Question

What is the difference between a relative minor and a parallel minor?

Answer 1

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The term relative minor is likely one you hear a lot, while parallel minor, not so much. Here's the simple difference: The relative minor of a major key is the one that uses the same key signature. The parallel minor of a major key is the one that uses the same tonic note.

Answer 2

Answer:

To sum up: you find the relative minor of a major scale by counting up 6 scale steps (or, more easily, down 3) and playing the same pitches starting from there. To form the parallel minor you start on the same tonic but play different pitches. Major keys and their relative minor keys share the same key signature.