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Melodic Minor Scale and Its Modes

The document discusses the melodic minor scale and its modes. It begins with an overview of the melodic minor scale's ascending and descending forms. It then provides details on each of the seven modes derived from the melodic minor scale, including their alternative names, note structures, typical chords, and chord symbols. The modes discussed are: Jazz Minor, Dorian b9, Lydian Augmented, Lydian Dominant, Mixolydian b6, Semilocrian, and Superlocrian.

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Melodic Minor Scale and Its Modes

The document discusses the melodic minor scale and its modes. It begins with an overview of the melodic minor scale's ascending and descending forms. It then provides details on each of the seven modes derived from the melodic minor scale, including their alternative names, note structures, typical chords, and chord symbols. The modes discussed are: Jazz Minor, Dorian b9, Lydian Augmented, Lydian Dominant, Mixolydian b6, Semilocrian, and Superlocrian.

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7/2/2020 MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE NAME NOTES NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C

I JAZZ MINOR

II DORIAN b9

LYDIAN
III
AUGMENTED

IV LYDIAN DOMINANT

V MIXOLYDIAN b6

VI SEMILOCRIAN

VII SUPERLOCRIAN

Classical Melodic Minor scale has two forms: ascending and descending:

the descending form correspond to the natural minor scale.

In modern music, however, even the ascending form can be used to descend.

JAZZ MINOR

Alternative names: Melodic Minor Ascending, Minor Major, Modern Minor, Ionian flat 3, Dorian maj7,
Ipoionian, Dorian major 7

It starts from the first grade of melodic minor scale

The name Minor Major is because this mode starts like a minor mode an ends like a major one.

NATURAL MINOR C   D Eb   F   G Ab   Bb   C
HARMONIC MINOR C   D Eb   F   G Ab     B C
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MELODIC MINOR C   D Eb   F   G   A   B C

Structure: 2122221

chords over first notes:


Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:
minor minor with major seventh  

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm6, Cm^, Cm9(maj7), Cm^9, Cm6/9

DORIAN b9

Alternative names: Dorian flat 9, Phrygian sharp 6, Javanese

It starts from the second grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 1222212

chords over first notes:


Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:
minor minor seventh  

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm7(b9), Cm11(b9), Cm13(b9)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Csus(b9)

LYDIAN
AUGMENTED

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 5

It starts from the third grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2222121

chords over first notes:


Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:
augmented major seventh with augmented fifth  

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Chord simbols: C+, C+(maj7), C^+, C9+(maj7), C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5), C^(#5 #11)

LYDIAN DOMINANT

Alternative names: Overtone, Lydian flat 7, Mixolydian sharp 11, Mixolydian #4

It starts from the fourth grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2221212

chords over first notes:


Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:
major dominant  

Chord simbols: C, C7, C9, C7(#11), C9(#11), C13(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(b5)

MIXOLYDIAN b13

Alternative names: Mixolydian flat 6, Hindu, Aeolian sharp 3, Aeolian Dominant, Hindustan

It starts from the fifth grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2212122

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

chords over first notes:


Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:
major dominant  

Chord simbols: C, C7, C9, C7(b13), C9(b13), Csus, C7sus, C9sus

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5)

SEMILOCRIAN

Alternative names: Locrian natural 2, Half Diminished, Aeolian flat 5, Locrian #2


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It starts from the sixth grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2121222

chords over first notes:


Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:
diminished half diminished  

Chord simbols: Cm7(b5), CØ, Cm9(b5), CØ9

SUPERLOCRIAN

Alternative names: Altered, Ravel, Diminished Whole-tone, Locrian flat 4

It starts from the seventh grade of melodic minor scale

The name Diminished Whole-tone is because this mode starts like a diminished mode an ends like a whole-
tone one.

Structure: 1212222

chords over first notes:


Triad: Seventh chord:
diminished half diminished

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes:


Triad: Seventh chord: Complete chord:
augmented dominant with augmented fifth  

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7alt, C7(b5), C7(#5), C+7, C7(b5 b9), C7(#5 #9), C7(b9 #9 #11 b13), ecc.

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