Hey Friend,
Last day of February 2017! Man, this year is flying by!
We've been talking about the key of A minor, and I promised to get you some exercise files. If you've been around here since the beginning and good old C major, then you have these.
However, the files we're available in a zip format, which some folks have had trouble with. So you're in luck - I've unzipped the archives and brought the individual files out for you.
I do want to reiterate something - the minor keys present a new pattern, and yet you already know this pattern. You just have to adjust your perspective a bit.
Where the major keys use the W W H W W W H pattern to define the spaces between the notes in the scale, the minor keys shift the pattern a bit to start with a different note.
The minor key scale pattern is:
W H W W H W W
The same goes for the triads as they're laid out for the harmonic progression, or natural chords that occur naturally because of the notes in the scales.
When we build out the chords in a major key, it's like this: major - minor - minor - major - major - minor - diminished
I IIm IIIm IV V VIm VII°
With the relative minor keys, it's just a jump to the left - start with the minor sixth chord and use this pattern: minor - diminished - major - minor - minor - major - major
Im II° III IVm Vm VI VII
So the A minor key starts its harmonic progression with the A minor chord, hence why we started here.
Alright, I'll stop blabbering and let you get to the good stuff.
Here are the various positions up the neck where you can play A minor.
As always, if you see something that doesn't seem quite right, let me know. I'll fix it - I promise!
Peace~
Dave | 
