The melodic minor scale is a variation of the harmonic minor scale with a raised 6th in addition to the raised 7th. There arent tunes written in the key of c melodic minor, where chords derived from the native scale are used. C melodic minor consists of the notes c, d, eb, f, g, a and b. You can utilize the melodic minor scale over major, minor and dominant chords equally well, so there are many applications from learning just this one scale. Link to page dedicated to guitar melodic minor scale.
The harmonic minor scale is an essential guitar scale to learn and apply to your solos. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. Scale and arpeggio fingering positions are coordinated in a waythat will simplify things and have you making music in no time at all. Melodic minor is identical to the major scale except for a lowered third. It may be derived from the major scale with a minor third, making it a synthetic scale, and features a dominant seventh chord on the fifth degree v like the harmonic minor scale. The third mode of melodic minor follows the same formula, you lower one note of phrygian to form this mode, only its a strange note to lower. This complete package contains multiple chord and scale diagrams for guitar, licks for each position of every mode and complete solo studies with backing tracks for you to master the melodic minor scale and its modes. Each example in the book contains a demonstration video close up on the guitar showing how the example is supposed to sound.
Tons of runs for the contemporary pianist by laverne. Andres segovia, arguably the most influential and important guitarist of the 20th century, taught melodic minor this way in his 1953 scale book. Learn 141 jazz guitar licks over common chords and chord progressions, including major and minor 251. That is the best way for me to improve my lessons and make them fit what you are searching for. Hi guys, in this lesson im going to give you some more lines using melodic minor, and this time were going to focus on mixing chords into the lines. In this lesson you will learn all seven of the melodic minor scale forms using the 3notes per string method.
Heres an excerpt from the very first page of his classic book. This book takes no prisoners and explains everything you need to know about the scales and modes of melodic minor in all keys and includes some great iiv exercises. Chords in the key of c melodic minor guitar chords. Easy to learn melodic minor scales guitar lesson for jazz.
Scale and arpeggio fingering positions are coordinated in a waythat will simplify things and. Melodic minor scale positions play across the entire neck. In this lesson i will map out some of the basic and more advanced arpeggios and triads contained in the scale. Lines in the style of wes, metheny, benson, and more. Get the guaranteed best price on individual artist pianovocal guitar like the mel bay melodic minor guitar at musicians friend. In c melodic minor, the tritones are between f and b, and between eflat and a. Harmonic minor, melodic minor, and diminished scales for guitar tagliarino, barrett on. In the introductory lesson, we learned that the melodic minor scale is made up of seven degrees, like most other scales we learn known as a heptatonic scale.
Link to guitar pro file of tab for the guitar melodic minor scale scale 7. If you have any questions or comments then feel free to leave them here or on the video. Melodic minor guitar will help you learn fingerings for the melodic minor scale while discovering the magical augmented major 7th chord and arpeggio that is found within it. Comprised of 5 chapters major, minor, dominant, iivi in major, and iivi in minor. The jazz minor scale is a derivative of the melodic minor scale, except only the ascending form of the scale is used. Basics of the melodic minor scale on the guitar dummies. The second scale is a melodic minor ascending in 3 octaves and a natural minor. The guitar scales and chords ebook has seven different scales in the key of b minor. Natural, harmonic, and melodic minor are simply various forms of the minor scale. Using melodic minor from the iim7 chord in a ii v is a common bebop technique, and one you should explore further in your studies.
Jan 31, 2011 melodic minor has two tritones, between its fourth and seventh notes, and also between its third and sixth. Finding melodic minor scales on a guitar the melodic minor scale is derived from the natural minor scale. Adjust the start fret option to further highlight a finger pattern for playing the selected scale in a different position on the fretboard. Natural, harmonic, and melodic minor music theory online. Scale and arpeggio fingering positions are coordinated in a way that will simplify things and have you making music in no time at all. Melodic minor mode 3 is built by lowering the root of phrygian by a fret on the guitar. Natural minor in order to create a natural minor scale, we simply start with the major scale and lower the 3rd, 6th, and 7th scale degrees by a halfstep. Things you need to know in melodic minor jens larsen. Early classical musician used it ascending and pure minor descending but jazz musicians use it both ways. Link to free printable guitar scales pdf file with all 5 positions of the guitar melodic minor scale. Guitar scales and modes explained easy shapes, licks, and. The melodic minor cookbook fundamental changes music.
The freakiness of melodic minor the ethan hein blog. The melodic minor cookbook is a handson, practical guide to soloing with all seven modes of the melodic minor scale. May 01, 2016 the complete melodic minor package for guitar. In this lesson i will map out some of the basic and more advanced melodic minor arpeggios and triads. By the end of this lesson youll understand the theory behind the scale, known 2 moveable scale patterns, and when to use melodic minor during your solos.
Lead guitar melodic phrasing play blues guitar by mr joseph alexander and mr tim pettingale feb, 2014. These book cd packages each contain over 60 music examples, lines, licks and patterns. Jul 27, 2017 melodic minor is a key sound when it comes to modern and traditional jazz guitar. Music theory can be complicated but we need to know it if we want to make sense of everything and improve our guitar knowledge and playing. In other words, they are all versions of a minor scale, with slight but significant differences among each. This book is no doubt a fantastic tool to take your playing to another level. I making my way thru, but would be nice to learn some patterns licks and lines to help get this under my fingers. This can be an overwhelming amount of information to anyone looking at the major scale for the first time. My blues lead guitar series will teach you all about using the minor pentatonic, the blues scale, the major pentatonic, dorian and mixolydian modes. Harmonic minor, melodic minor, and diminished scales for. Scales and arpeggios are an important topic to master for those who are learning how to play guitar, so grab this book and enjoy it.
I have a dvd and download called master the major scale which goes into a detailed practical approach to learning to use that. Its used more often in jazz and classical music than in rock, and its formula looks like this. Free guitar scales ebook scale and arpeggio patterns pdf. I found that as i went though the book, there was always a line that opened my ears and kept me in the shed that extra hour to take it though the keys. Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. This remarkably thorough text covers all the modes of the major, melodic minor and harmonic minor scales. Jun 15, 2010 the melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just playing diatonically over common chord progressions in your solos. Mel bay melodic minor guitar will help you learn fingerings for the melodic minor scale while discovering the magical augmented major 7th chord and arpeggio that is found within it. I recommend that you learn scales in a practical environment. Melodic minor lines fundamental changes music book. When you go up the scale, you are using the melodic minor scale, but when you go down the scale. Easy to learn melodic minor scales guitar lesson for jazz rock fusion 3 notes per string. Twentyone different modes are explained in detail and examined from five different perspectives.
In this episode i discuss how to construct, play and use the pentatonic scales from the melodic minor. Legendary guitarist and educator don mock exposes the closelyguarded secret soloing techniques of jazz and rock giants, revealing easy ways to create ultracool sounding lines and patterns by substituting simple harmonic minor patterns over dominant 7th chords. Nothing too special as it is a 3 note per string position of the melodic minor scale. Chord soloing is for all styles of music, and will help to expand a guitarists chord vocabulary. The melodic minor cookbook gets you using the melodic minor scale and its modes immediately and teaches you it. To find the melodic minor scale, raise both the sixth and seventh notes of the natural minor scale by one half step when going up the scale, but return to the natural minor when going down the scale. Fundamental changes write the most popular guitar books on amazon.
Jguitars scale calculator will draw scale diagrams showing the fretboard with notes in the selected scale highlighted. Jan 21, 2019 the third mode of melodic minor follows the same formula, you lower one note of phrygian to form this mode, only its a strange note to lower. May 20, 2010 in this lesson you will learn all seven of the melodic minor scale forms using the 3notes per string method. Lets now alter one note from the aeolian mode to create the sixth mode of melodic minor, otherwise known as the locrian natural 2 scale. This lesson covers the melodic minor scale, and builds on previous content we covered in jazz guitar toolbox 1. The material here is mostly intended for a tonic minor chord like cm6 or cmmaj7, but it is easy to adapt or even just play it over other chords from melodic minor like the lydian dominant, altered dominants or m7b59 chords i made these lines around this position of the cm melodic scale. Example 2 is the 7th chord arpeggios in the key of a, but this pattern is the same in all keys. The melodic minor scale and its modes jazz guitar online. Im working on g melodic minor right now and have harmonized the scale.
In other words, one wont really see a tune written in, say, c melodic minor that starts on the i chord, then goes to the v chord, then to the iv and so on. Its also thought of as a major scale with a flattened 3rd or a. Melodic minor scale is really similar to the harmonic minor scale. The melodic minor scale is similar to the natural minor except for a raised sixth and seventh. This scale is also some kind of peculiar since it is sometimes played differently ascending and descending. Scale and arpeggio fingering positions are coordinated in a way that will simplif. The melodic minor handbook provides musicians, of all levels, with these answers in presenting a concise, practical, easy to absorb method of exposure, study and practice in the components of melodic minor harmony, and its. Unfortunately, melodic minor is extremely annoying to play on guitar. Easily add fusion guitar sounds to your existing rock guitar playing. Melodic minor has two tritones, between its fourth and seventh notes, and also between its third and sixth. It is real simple to harmonize scales, just stack every other scale tone. The melodic minor has the same notes as a major scale with a flat 3rd. Melodic minor is an essential scale type to know for every style of music but is most.
Guitar practice melodic minor scale life in 12 keys. I finally decided to tackle the melodic minor scale. In this lesson youll learn the theory behind the harmonic minor scale, where to apply it, four licks and an harmonic minor solo over the jazz standard summertime. These structures are also the material i use for the 3 melodic minor jazz licks included in the video. Apr 06, 2016 natural, harmonic, and melodic minor are simply various forms of the minor scale.
In this section you can find major scales, harmonic minor and melodic minor scales, in different shapes and fretboard. All music is written in standard notation and tablature. The melodic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale by the sixth and seventh notes, which are raised a semistep. Learning the melodic minor scale simplifying theory. To begin, lets take a look at how you can alter one note from the ionian mode to create the first mode of melodic minor, otherwise known as the melodic minor scale itself. We already studied the harmonic minor scale and we saw that it has a long distance between 6 and 7 degrees one and a half tone. The aeolian, dorian, blues, pentatonic, phrygian and melodic minor ascending and descending scales are.
As you can see, you lower the root note to produce the new mode fingering. Here are the diatonic seventh chords of the c melodic minor scale. In this lesson i will map out some of the basic and more advanced melodic minor. The last part of the lesson is 3 examples of melodic minor licks using the different structures and devices i have presented in this lesson as exercises. This is my 3 rd lesson for fundamental changes where im working on melodic minor lines. For intermediate to advanced players who already know and use major and minor scales and modes, this book includes complete notation and tablature for all examples, shortcuts to getting the scales under your fingers, interval studies and melodic patterns, analysis of. Dec 19, 2008 melodic minor scale harmony it is important to learn the chords and arpeggios for the melodic minor scale. Guitar scales and modes explained easy shapes, licks. The complete guide to playing blues guitar book two melodic phrasing. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items.
Welcome back to our jazz guitar toolbox series, which covers the essential tools every jazz guitarist should know. Get more variety into your playing with this concise, easytouse book from one of todays bestregarded instructional authors. In order to do this, you play an aeolian mode but lower the fifth note of the fingering to form the sixth mode of melodic minor. The melodic minor scale is generaly used in a different manner altogether. The guitar scales and chords ebook has seven different scales in the key of d minor. Melodic minor is a key sound when it comes to modern and traditional jazz guitar. This book displays the ideas of how to apply the melodic minor scale, through the means of scalar sequences, static chord vamp, iiv applications, arpeggio superimpositions, pentatonic fragments, etc. The melodic minor handbook provides musicians, of all levels, with these answers in presenting a concise, practical, easy to absorb method of exposure, study and practice in the components of melodic minor harmony, and its use within the jazz vocabulary. Harmonic minor, melodic minor, and diminished scales for guitar. Lead guitar melodic phrasing play blues guitar by mr joseph alexander and mr tim pettingale feb, 2014 4. The melodic minor scale is a major scale with a flat 3rd b3 and its used mostly in its modal forms of the altered scale superlocrian and the funky lydian dominan. Audio examples and backing tracks to download for free.
The whole tone scale is a harsh sounding dissonant scale. Melodic minor guitar book mel bay publications, inc. If you are new to the major modes, check out my previous lesson, major modes made easy, for a refresher on these important melodic devices. The melodic minor cookbook fundamental changes music book. We will discuss the melodic minor scale, bebop scales, whole tone scale and also the dominant diminished scale, which is a huge source for symmetric pattern knowledge. With a goal of reducing this distance, it was added an intermediate note to approximate the sixth degree from the seventh.