Major & minor
C melodic minor scale
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
How to play the C melodic minor scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------10-11-13-| B|-------------------------------------10-12-13----------| G|----------------------------8--10-12-------------------| D|-------------------9--10-12----------------------------| A|----------8--10-12-------------------------------------| E|-8--10-11----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 8–13
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|-------1---------| C|-0-2-3-----------| G|---------0-------|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →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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