Major & minor
A♭ melodic minor scale
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
How to play the A♭ melodic minor scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------6-7-9-| B|-------------------------6-8-9-------| G|-------------------4-6-8-------------| D|-------------5-6-8-------------------| A|-------4-6-8-------------------------| E|-4-6-7-------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 4–9
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------1-2-4-| E|-----1-3---------| C|-1-3-------------| G|---------1-------|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →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
Sounds great over
