Watch our video on how to identify seconds in the natural minor scale:

Seen below is an illustration of 5 minor scales that have their root located on the open strings E, A, D, G, and B.

You can see that on each string the scale is composed of a series of half-steps (one fret jumps) and whole steps (two fret jumps).  The pattern from the root is as follows:
Whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole 

Watch the video below to learn how to identify sharps and flats in minor scales instantly!

Learn how to identify 3 notes per string patterns in the natural minor scale: