Major & minor
G♭ melodic minor scale
Minor with a raised 6th and 7th. Classical players use it going up; jazz players use it both ways.
- Notes
- G♭A♭B𝄫C♭D♭E♭F
- Formula
- 12♭34567
- Steps
- WHWWWWH
How to play the G♭ melodic minor scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------4-5-7-| B|-------------------------4-6-7-------| G|-------------------2-4-6-------------| D|-------------3-4-6-------------------| A|-------2-4-6-------------------------| E|-2-4-5-------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 2–7
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-------------2-4-| E|-----1-2---------| C|-1-3-------------| G|---------1-2-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the G♭ melodic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
III+
B𝄫aug
B𝄫maj7♯5
B𝄫 D♭ F
IV
C♭
C♭7
C♭ E♭ G♭
Sounds great over
