Guitar scale · Major & minor
C melodic minor scale on guitar
Every position of the C 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
- CDE♭FGAB
- 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 8–13, ascending
e|----------------------------------------------10-11-13-| B|-------------------------------------10-12-13----------| G|----------------------------8--10-12-------------------| D|-------------------9--10-12----------------------------| A|----------8--10-12-------------------------------------| E|-8--10-11----------------------------------------------|
Play from the lowest note to the highest, then back down. Use one finger per fret: your index finger covers fret 8, and shift your hand slightly for the wider stretches. R marks the root — the home note to start and end on.
Chords in the C melodic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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