Major & minor
F melodic minor scale
Minor with a raised 6th and 7th. Classical players use it going up; jazz players use it both ways.
- Notes
- FGA♭B♭CDE
- Formula
- 12♭34567
- Steps
- WHWWWWH
How to play the F melodic minor scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------3-4-6-| B|-------------------------3-5-6-------| G|-------------------1-3-5-------------| D|-------------2-3-5-------------------| A|-------1-3-5-------------------------| E|-1-3-4-------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 1–6
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-------------1-3-| E|-----0-1---------| C|-0-2-------------| G|---------0-1-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the F melodic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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