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5 Melodic Minor Scale Patterns

Five Melodic Scale patterns Steve Rieck: So now that we have learned the five major scale patterns, the five natural minor scale patterns, the five harmonic minor scale patterns. It's time to learn the five melodic minor scale patterns; it's the next step in there. So what we did, when we learned up the harmonic minor scale as we raised the seventh note a half step in each of the minor scale patterns. It was just-in the case of A matter of loosing all the Gs is to G #. Well, the melodic minor scale is a little trickier, there is two ways to think about the melodic minor scale, first of all you just--in a sense, moving the sixth and seventh note up a half step instead of just the seventh. So in this case of the A, the A scale, A, B, C, D, E now F would normally be the sixth note of the natural minor scale and G is the seventh note of the natural minor scale. So all we are going to do is move F and G up to it or one fret each. So it goes A, B, C, D, E, F #, G #, A, that's the first octave is to B, C, D, E F #, G #, A. Now in classical terms, the melodic minor scale actually--basically has that variation only as the scale ascends. So as we descend, you can hear it goes back to the natural minor scale which we have already learned. So listen to that as it is going up I am going to raise the F and G up to F # and G #. F #, G #, A, and back down A, G natural F natural B, D, C, D, A, G, F, E, D, C, D, A. So again F # and G # in the way up F natural and G natural and the way down and as I mention that's sort of classical way of thinking about the melodic minor scale, probably the most academically accurate way to think about it. But there is also sort of what we call jazz minor scale and really that just a jazz player's prospective at the melodic minor scale. It just means that you are going to use the F # and the G # in both the directions. So you just play the same way up and down. A, B, C, D, E, F #, G #, A, B, C, D, E, F #, G #, A, G #, F #, E, D, C, B, A, G #, F #, E, D, C, B, A. So anyhow, that's the first scale pattern that we learned before and from all we doing is leaving the Fs and Gs and F # and G #. So if I apply that same concept to the second pattern it look like this A, B, C, D, E, F #, G #, A, B, C, D, E, F #, G #, A G #, F #, E, D, C, D, G #, F #, E, D, C, B, A. So in terms of fret numbers, that's five , seven, eight on the sixth string, five, seven, nine on the fifth string, six, seven, nine, on the fourth string, five, seven, on the third string, five, seven, nine on the second string, then five, seven and eight on the first string. Then to the third pattern and this is one where we are sliding the first finger up. So you go here from A to B fifth to the seventh fret C, D, E, F #, G #, A, B, C D, E, F #, G #, A, B, C, D. So in terms of fret numbers, we have got five, seven, eight, ten on the sixth string and then seven rather nine and 11, seven, nine, ten, seven, nine, seven, nine, on second string and then ten on the second string and then seven, eight, ten on the first string. So again the third pattern there. Here that, that is all what you end up, okay and then the fourth pattern starts with the fourth finger on the fifth string and again all we are doing is moving our Fs and Gs about half step. And of course, we are doing this for the A scale. So we are moving in this case F and G up a half step. But again for whatever natural minor scale you might be playing, all you do is move the sixth and seventh notes of the scale up a half-step that's what melodic minor scale is. So you get A, B, C, D, E, F#, G#, A, B, C, D, E. So in 12th fret on the fifth string nine ten, 12 on the fourth string, nine, 11 on the third string, nine, ten, 12 on the second string eight, ten, 12 are on the first string. And if you were to take that backwards from the A group, we go A, G#, F#, E, D, C, D that is 12, 11, nine on the fifth string 12, ten, eight on the sixth string. Okay then into the fifth pattern which starts with the first finger at the fifth string 12th fret. So we are going to start with A, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G#, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G#, A, G#, F#, B, D, C, D, A, G#, F#, E, D, C, B, A, fret numbers 12, 14, 15, on the fifth string, 12, 14, 16, on the fourth string, 13, 14 on the third string and then 12, 13, 15 on the second string, 12, 14, 16, 17 on the first string. And working right backwards from the root A at the 12th fret of the fifth string down to G# at the 16th fret of the sixth string, F# of the 14th fret of the sixth string and finally 12, E at the twelfth fret of the sixth string. So as I mention before, the chords what we are looking are the basic natural minor scale with A Minor for the one chord, D Minor for the fourth chord, E Minor the five chord back to a minor for one chord. We have the harmonic minor scale earlier that was what we move the G to G# I got a minor, D minor, and E major. So in this case of melodic minor scale variations, since we have F#s and G#s in this scale now. The Chords that co-relate without the A minor, D major, it is F# in the D Major chord, a G# in the E Major chord back to A Minor. So it's probably a good thing to memorize, for the natural minor scale you got A Minor, D Minor, E Minor. Harmonic minor you got A Minor, D Minor and E Major and for melodic minor, A Minor, D Major and E Major and those are the five melodic minor scale patterns. John Foreman: Hello, my name is John Foreman and this is a song called twenty-four. You have your G chord or you have this oscillated back and forth like that and here is your C coming in.

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Five Melodic Scale patterns

Steve Rieck: So now that we have learned the five major scale patterns, the five natural minor scale patterns, the five harmonic minor scale patterns. It's time to learn the five melodic minor scale patterns; it's the next step in there.

So what we did, when we learned up the harmonic minor scale as we raised the seventh note a half step in each of the minor scale patterns. It was just-in the case of A matter of loosing all the Gs is to G #. Well, the melodic minor scale is a little trickier, there is two ways to think about the melodic minor scale, first of all you just--in a sense, moving the sixth and seventh note up a half step instead of just the seventh.

So in this case of the A, the A scale, A, B, C, D, E now F would normally be the sixth note of the natural minor scale and G is the seventh note of the natural minor scale. So all we are going to do is move F and G up to it or one fret each. So it goes A, B, C, D, E, F #, G #, A, that's the first octave is to B, C, D, E F #, G #, A.

Now in classical terms, the melodic minor scale actually--basically has that variation only as the scale ascends. So as we descend, you can hear it goes back to the natural minor scale which we have already learned. So listen to that as it is going up I am going to raise the F and G up to F # and G #. F #, G #, A, and back down A, G natural F natural B, D, C, D, A, G, F, E, D, C, D, A.

So again F # and G # in the way up F natural and G natural and the way down and as I mention that's sort of classical way of thinking about the melodic minor scale, probably the most academically accurate way to think about it. But there is also sort of what we call jazz minor scale and really that just a jazz player's prospective at the melodic minor scale.

It just means that you are going to use the F # and the G # in both the directions. So you just play the same way up and down. A, B, C, D, E, F #, G #, A, B, C, D, E, F #, G #, A, G #, F #, E, D, C, B, A, G #, F #, E, D, C, B, A.

So anyhow, that's the first scale pattern that we learned before and from all we doing is leaving the Fs and Gs and F # and G #. So if I apply that same concept to the second pattern it look like this A, B, C, D, E, F #, G #, A, B, C, D, E, F #, G #, A G #, F #, E, D, C, D, G #, F #, E, D, C, B, A.

So in terms of fret numbers, that's five , seven, eight on the sixth string, five, seven, nine on the fifth string, six, seven, nine, on the fourth string, five, seven, on the third string, five, seven, nine on the second string, then five, seven and eight on the first string. Then to the third pattern and this is one where we are sliding the first finger up.

So you go here from A to B fifth to the seventh fret C, D, E, F #, G #, A, B, C D, E, F #, G #, A, B, C, D. So in terms of fret numbers, we have got five, seven, eight, ten on the sixth string and then seven rather nine and 11, seven, nine, ten, seven, nine, seven, nine, on second string and then ten on the second string and then seven, eight, ten on the first string.

So again the third pattern there. Here that, that is all what you end up, okay and then the fourth pattern starts with the fourth finger on the fifth string and again all we are doing is moving our Fs and Gs about half step. And of course, we are doing this for the A scale.

So we are moving in this case F and G up a half step. But again for whatever natural minor scale you might be playing, all you do is move the sixth and seventh notes of the scale up a half-step that's what melodic minor scale is. So you get A, B, C, D, E, F#, G#, A, B, C, D, E. So in 12th fret on the fifth string nine ten, 12 on the fourth string, nine, 11 on the third string, nine, ten, 12 on the second string eight, ten, 12 are on the first string.

And if you were to take that backwards from the A group, we go A, G#, F#, E, D, C, D that is 12, 11, nine on the fifth string 12, ten, eight on the sixth string. Okay then into the fifth pattern which starts with the first finger at the fifth string 12th fret. So we are going to start with A, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G#, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G#, A, G#, F#, B, D, C, D, A, G#, F#, E, D, C, B, A, fret numbers 12, 14, 15, on the fifth string, 12, 14, 16, on the fourth string, 13, 14 on the third string and then 12, 13, 15 on the second string, 12, 14, 16, 17 on the first string.

And working right backwards from the root A at the 12th fret of the fifth string down to G# at the 16th fret of the sixth string, F# of the 14th fret of the sixth string and finally 12, E at the twelfth fret of the sixth string. So as I mention before, the chords what we are looking are the basic natural minor scale with A Minor for the one chord, D Minor for the fourth chord, E Minor the five chord back to a minor for one chord.

We have the harmonic minor scale earlier that was what we move the G to G# I got a minor, D minor, and E major. So in this case of melodic minor scale variations, since we have F#s and G#s in this scale now. The Chords that co-relate without the A minor, D major, it is F# in the D Major chord, a G# in the E Major chord back to A Minor.

So it's probably a good thing to memorize, for the natural minor scale you got A Minor, D Minor, E Minor. Harmonic minor you got A Minor, D Minor and E Major and for melodic minor, A Minor, D Major and E Major and those are the five melodic minor scale patterns.

John Foreman: Hello, my name is John Foreman and this is a song called twenty-four. You have your G chord or you have this oscillated back and forth like that and here is your C coming in.

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