This article brings together the chords possible from the 3 minor scales: natural, harmonic and melodic minor. I covered the chords built from the D harmonic and D melodic minor scales in previous articles. In this article, I analyze 28 songs that use only one of those scales, 2 of them or all 3 together, and end with tips on writing a song in a minor key.
I cover the harmonic minor scale in this article and list all the chords that can be built from the D harmonic minor scale. There are 52 chord names that can be built from the harmonic minor scale, though you won't need most of them. I list all the chords from the D harmonic minor scale with a suggested chord list that you can use to write a song in D harmonic minor.
The leading tone in both the melodic and harmonic minor scales builds diminished chords and are therefore diminished modes. However, There are other scale degrees in both scales that build diminished modes. The harmonic minor has four diminished modes and the melodic minor has two. And between those 6 diminished modes, you can build every possible diminished chord. I cover the modes, the chords and how to use both in your songs.