Major & minor
D melodic minor scale
Minor with a raised 6th and 7th. Classical players use it going up; jazz players use it both ways.
- Notes
- DEFGABC♯
- Formula
- 12♭34567
- Steps
- WHWWWWH
How to play the D melodic minor scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------12-13-15-| B|-------------------------------------12-14-15----------| G|----------------------------10-12-14-------------------| D|-------------------11-12-14----------------------------| A|----------10-12-14-------------------------------------| E|-10-12-13----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 10–15
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|-------------2-4-| E|-------1-3-------| C|-1-2-4-----------| G|-----------2-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the D melodic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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