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Originally Posted by justinthyme
So - the song would be correctly described as a i - III in Gm then? Did I get the roman numerals right? And the term Dorian would be used to further classify it?
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Couldn't have put it better myself
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On the subject of minors - would the harmonic, melodic, and natural minor keys all be shown as having the same key signature, but once again have the sharps and flats sorted out in the body of the music?
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Remember, there's only one type of minor key just as there's only one type of major key (built on any note).
Those three (natural, harmonic and melodic) are minor
scales. That means when anyone writes a song in a minor key, they will use any or all notes of those three scales they choose. So, a song in G minor might contain E AND/OR Eb plus F AND/OR F#.
So, Yes again. The key signature always corresponds with the notes of the natural minor scale and the different notes of the other two scales are always shown within the music by sharps, flats and naturals, wherever required.