Guitar scale · Major & minor
A♭ melodic minor scale on guitar
Every position of the A♭ melodic minor scale on the guitar neck, with tabs and fingering.
Minor with a raised 6th and 7th. Classical players use it going up; jazz players use it both ways.
- Notes
- A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭FG
- Formula
- 12♭34567
- Steps
- WHWWWWH
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 7 positions using 3 notes per string
Position 1 tab · frets 4–9, ascending
e|-------------------------------6-7-9-| B|-------------------------6-8-9-------| G|-------------------4-6-8-------------| D|-------------5-6-8-------------------| A|-------4-6-8-------------------------| E|-4-6-7-------------------------------|
Play from the lowest note to the highest, then back down. Use one finger per fret: your index finger covers fret 4, and shift your hand slightly for the wider stretches. R marks the root — the home note to start and end on.
Chords in the A♭ melodic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
III+
C♭aug
C♭maj7♯5
C♭ E♭ G
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