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
- ABCDEF♯G♯
- Formula
- 12♭34567
- Steps
- WHWWWWH
How to play the A melodic minor scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------7--8--10-| B|-------------------------------------7--9--10----------| G|----------------------------5--7--9--------------------| D|-------------------6--7--9-----------------------------| A|----------5--7--9--------------------------------------| E|-5--7--8-----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 5–10
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------0-2-3-| E|-----0-2---------| C|-0-2-------------| G|---------1-------|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
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.
Sounds great over
