Major & minor
B♭ melodic minor scale
Minor with a raised 6th and 7th. Classical players use it going up; jazz players use it both ways.
- Notes
- B♭CD♭E♭FGA
- Formula
- 12♭34567
- Steps
- WHWWWWH
How to play the B♭ melodic minor scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------8--9--11-| B|-------------------------------------8--10-11----------| G|----------------------------6--8--10-------------------| D|-------------------7--8--10----------------------------| A|----------6--8--10-------------------------------------| E|-6--8--9-----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 6–11
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------0-1-3-| E|-------1---------| C|-0-1-3-----------| G|---------0-------|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the B♭ melodic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
Sounds great over
