Major scale in 3rds a melodic approach to scale practice. Early classical musician used it ascending and pure minor descending but jazz musicians use it both ways. Melodic minor scale exercises ascending and descending intervals 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths ascending and descending triads 5246357 etc ascending and descending arpeggios 5724683579 etc play with a specific rhythm dotted quarters, triplets, eight and two sixteenths etc improvise with a mode over its related chord sing the. Melodic minor iiv7i triad pairs the use of triad pairs adjacent diatonic triads which form a hexatonic, or six note, scale, has been a relatively recent addition, historically speaking, to the general vocabulary of improvised music, becoming more prevalent among improvising musicians during the past 30 years or so. All of these melodic minor shapes and some great exercises are included in the scale chapter. The melodic minor scale guitar lesson, diagrams, theory. Jan 31, 2011 melodic minor has two tritones, between its fourth and seventh notes, and also between its third and sixth. Iv degree of the harmonic minor key in the next page there are minor 7th chords in all keys and in 4 inversions play them many,many times.
These exercises will not have very much musical value to them in that theyll sound like a song or anything you would normally play during a song. If youre looking for a more practical lesson for beginners please see jazz guitar toolbox 1. In order to do this, you play an aeolian mode but lower the fifth note of the fingering to form the sixth mode of melodic minor. Name each of these minor scales and say whether it is the melodic or harmonic type, and whether it is ascending or descending. May 23, 2019 the a minor scale supplies the melodic fuel for both the harmonized triad passage and the subsequent diatonic 6ths sequence. My blues lead guitar series will teach you all about using the minor pentatonic, the blues scale, the major pentatonic, dorian and mixolydian modes. Guitar scales and modes explained easy shapes, licks, and. Melodic minor is a key sound when it comes to modern and traditional jazz guitar. Guitar scales and modes explained easy shapes, licks. The melodic minor scale is one of the most useful scales in jazz. Bebop melodic minor scale this scale is derived from the ascending form of the melodic minor scale and has a chromatic passing tone between the 5th and 6th notes. Hey guys, today i want to show you how you can make scales on guitar sound like beautiful melodies scales are a really important tool for guitar players and music in general. I have a dvd and download called master the major scale which goes into a detailed practical approach to learning to use that. Melodic minor scale 3 notes per string here is an overview of the melodic minor scale in the key of c, using the 3 notes per string system.
In the next part, well look at more effective guitar scale exercises you can use to further develop your speed and timing. Pdf fichier guitar pro 7 backing track mp3 disponible sur. This lesson covers the melodic minor scale, and builds on previous. Guitar practice melodic minor scale life in 12 keys. First of all, take your guitar and make sure that it is tuned properly. The melodic minor scale and its modes jazz guitar online. Want more shapes, printable pdfs and guitar pro sound files. You can get more fretboard charts in the tuning of your choice by.
Jul 27, 2017 melodic minor is a key sound when it comes to modern and traditional jazz guitar. Guitar melodic minor scale chart printable pdf subject. These melodic minor chords will have you sounding like a. Melodic minor scale is really similar to the harmonic minor scale. In this lesson i will map out some of the basic and more advanced arpeggios and triads contained in the scale. In the meantime, devote at least 10 minutes a day to the above exercises you dont have to cram them all into the 10 minutes, choose one per day to work on, starting from the top. Unfortunately, melodic minor is extremely annoying to play on guitar. This pdf contains charts of the melodic minor scales for guitar in standard tuning and in all keys. Melodic minor scale positions play across the entire neck. In c melodic minor, the tritones are between f and b, and between eflat and a.
We want to train your ears too, so its important your the guitar is in tune. Very useful melodic minor pattern that will enhance your technique and give you new improvisational ideas. How to use the melodic minor scale jazz guitar online. What you do is find a dominant chord in a progression say, g7 on a iivi in c and play the melodic minor scale one half step above. Things you need to know in melodic minor jens larsen. With a goal of reducing this distance, it was added an intermediate note to approximate the sixth degree from the seventh. Scales on guitar that sound like beautiful melodies fingerstyle guitar lesson. The jazz melodic minor scale is basically a major scale with a flatted third.
The pdf for this lesson is available through patreon in the patreon fb group. A jazz melodic minor workout in the jazz idiom, the melodic minor scale can be applied to different chords. When you go up the scale, you are using the melodic minor scale, but when you go down the scale. Jan 22, 2019 this means that for a bar of 44 time, you play two quarter note triplets. These melodic minor chords will have you sounding like a pro. These structures are also the material i use for the 3 melodic minor jazz licks included in the video. Guitar scales printable charts of the most commonly used scales.
These sequences will initially be given around the first position of the major scale before being applied to the other major scale shapes and different types of scales. In classical music the melodic minor scale is played going up and the natural minor scale is played going down. A jazz melodic minor workout uo blogs university of oregon. Ii,iii, and vi degree of the major key i,iv and v degree of the natural minor key ii degree of the melodic minor key. In jazz music, melodic minor is used less as a compositional tool and more as an improvisational component to get different sounds over chords particularly altered chords.
There is a sample lick included at the end of each. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The melodic minor scale for guitar guitarskillbuilder. Mostly the trick is to start the lower strings with 1 2 4 if there is a whole step between the first 3 notes. Super locrian is often used in jazz over an altered dominant chord b9. The rhythmic tension is released in measure 11, where a pair of figuresrhythmically, a quarter note, a 16th rest, and three 16th notesslot themselves into the meter. Jan 21, 2019 the third mode of melodic minor follows the same formula, you lower one note of phrygian to form this mode, only its a strange note to lower. The last part of the lesson is 3 examples of melodic minor licks using the different structures and devices i have presented in this lesson as exercises. This scale is also some kind of peculiar since it is sometimes played differently ascending and descending. Heres a pdf and an mp3 of all the melodic minor scales and the modes.
Melodic minor scale harmonization with guitar diagrams in. So if you already know how to play your regular c minor scale, simply raise the 6th and 7th notes of the scale and theres your c melodic minor scale. All of these guitar speed exercises are designed to help with 4 of those. My last post on minor keys covered the three scales you need for most situations in rock, pop, and film scores. All the modes on this page have the a root, so you can hear the difference between the scales. The seventh mode of the melodic minor scale is actually the infamous altered scale. This instant digital download pdf contains the 12 different exercises of the you tube video below in all 12 keys 60 page booklet. For these exercises well be using the chromatic scale. Position shifts with the melodic minor scale guitar lesson. Melodic minor scale 3 notes per string jens larsen. The melodic minor scale is used in many styles of music such as classical, jazz rock and even pop. The melodic minor has the same notes as a major scale with a flat 3rd. To finish your study of the how to use the melodic minor scale, heres a sample solo over the miles davis tune solar, using melodic minor over each iim7v7, and im7 chord.
C d eb f g ab bb c the 6th and 7th tones are ab and bb. In this lesson i will map out some of the basic and more advanced melodic minor arpeggios and triads. Click here to download the pdf with these exercises which scale. Melodic minor modes the melodic minor scale is closely related to the major scale with its natural 6 and 7. The other common function for minor chords in jazz, beyond the im7 chord, is the iim7 chord. The point of our exercises is to work technique, after all.
Clicking here and on the image below will open a pdf file whole tone guitar scale chart that prints nicely. These eight melodic minor lessons consist of an introduction, how to use the scale, 5 shapes of the scale and how to connect them. The third mode of melodic minor follows the same formula, you lower one note of phrygian to form this mode, only its a strange note to lower. This is not for beginners im afraid so if you are not already familiar with these scales and how to play them then youll need to familiarize yourself. Here is an overview of the melodic minor scale in the key of c, using the 3 notes per string system. The freakiness of melodic minor the ethan hein blog. As you can see, you lower the root note to produce the new mode fingering. The melodic minor scale is a major scale with a flat 3rd b3 and its used mostly in its modal forms of the altered scale superlocrian and the funky lydian dominant. This is under construction but will be done in the coming weeks. As with the major scale, its best to practice the melodic minor scale both. It therefore has all the notes of both the ascending form of the melodic minor jazz minor and the harmonic minor. This is a really unique sound using the melodic minor scale and because v7 chords are everywhere, there are endless opportunities to use this sound. Point your mouse at the stave tap on mobile devices to reveal the answers.
Its called the melodic minor scale, and if you want to push your. In the jazz idiom, the melodic minor scale can be applied to different chords. The easiest way i know to learn all 7 melodic minor scale shapes on the guitar neck, based on cycling through 3 note groups, or fragments. There arent tunes written in the key of c melodic minor, where chords derived from the native scale are used. This scale avoids the awkward melodic leap found in the harmonic minor scale. A total of 298 minutes, almost 5 hours, of m4v video instruction with explanations, examples and close up fretboard demonstrations plus printable pdf in tab and notation.
Clicking here and on the image below will open a pdf file of the melodic minor scale chart for guitar that prints nicely. Melodic sequences on guitar fundamental changes music. In this lesson, you will learn what the melodic minor modes are, how they look on the guitar and how you can use them in your solos. Today, i am going to show you part two of my guitar warm up regime. In the introductory lesson, we learned that the melodic minor scale is made up of seven degrees, like most other scales we learn known as a heptatonic scale. To find the melodic minor scale, raise both the sixth and seventh notes of the natural minor scale by one half step when going up the scale, but return to the natural minor when going down the scale. Download a free pdf of all of the melodic minor charts.
You can get more fretboard charts in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web apps listed here. This chord is found in countless tunes, from being entire sections in so what, to being a part of the classic ii v i progression, and everything in between as well as using the dorian mode to solo over iim7 chords, you can add a bit of tension to this. Melodic minor is identical to the major scale except for a lowered third. One falls on beats 1 and 2, and the second falls on beats 3 and 4. Melodic minor mode 3 is built by lowering the root of phrygian by a fret on the guitar. Easy to learn melodic minor scales guitar lesson for jazz. You can play along with or sing along to the mp3 for ear training and to help you hear if and when you are making a mistake in a scale or mode enjoy mp3. Scales on guitar that sound like beautiful melodies. Guitar pro files can be played with guitar pro or tux guitar which is free. The melodic minor scale exercises harmony studybass. The a minor scale supplies the melodic fuel for both the harmonized triad passage and the subsequent diatonic 6ths sequence. Finding melodic minor scales on a guitar the melodic minor scale is derived from the natural minor scale. The resulting sounds and patterns are common in mainstream jazz, and were. By creating melodic patterns and sequences on the guitar, you will not only warm up quickly and efficiently, but they will act as.
You might be surprised at what your playing the next day. That means using quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes and gradually increasing the bpm on your metronome i recommend increments of 5 bpm. We can see each of these degrees as the starting position for a fivefretwide box pattern. We already studied the harmonic minor scale and we saw that it has a long distance between 6 and 7 degrees one and a half tone. There are quite a few large stretches in the scale that make it good for finger exercises. Learning the melodic minor scale simplifying theory. Here is an overview of all the charts and other resources that are available on this site to view and also to download. If youre new to practicing rhythms, skip ahead and come back to quarternote triplets when youre more confident with rhythmic patterns.
It can be useful to think about what fingers to use to limit the amount of positions switches per position. This scale avoids the awkward melodic leap found in. The resulting sounds and patterns are common in mainstream jazz, and were utilized by practically every great player of the jazz tradition. The 5 melodic minor guitar scale patterns each one connects to the next and continues down and up the fretboard. Melodic guitar patterns fundamental changes music book. Name each of these minor scales and say whether it is the melodic or harmonic type, and whether it is ascending or descending a. I made a call on the enharmonic spellings in the various keys in an attempt to make each mode easier on its own. The melodic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale by the sixth and seventh notes, which are raised a semistep. The exercises in this digital download have been specially and meticulously developed to familiarise you intimately with the special colours of each different minor scale. In the previous lesson, i showed you some practical ways to improve your dexterity and coordination through a series of five carefully picked exercises. Longer triplets like this can be hard to count and feel at first. In this lesson you will learn all seven of the melodic minor scale forms using the 3notes per string method.
In other words, one wont really see a tune written in, say, c melodic minor that starts on the i chord, then goes to the v chord, then to the iv and so on. Each of the graphics below have links to pdf files and guitar pro files are supplied through the link below. This melodic sequences on guitar lesson teaches you the important scale patterns that build fluency and melodic vocabulary on the guitar. Adding the melodic minor scale to your guitar practice routine can be a lot. It is a very commonly used scale in jazz and is often called the jazz minor to distinguish itself from the classical version which is confusing different on the way than on. This means that for a bar of 44 time, you play two quarter note triplets. Lets now alter one note from the aeolian mode to create the sixth mode of melodic minor, otherwise known as the locrian natural 2 scale. For musical jedi masters, theres one more valuable minor scale. This scale is called a minor pentatonic and starts at the 5th fret. Theres also the blues scale, which sounds good in any key, major or minor. The melodic minor scale is similar to the natural minor except for a raised sixth and seventh. A g minor melodic scale is g natural minor scale like g a bb c d eb f g where. The melodic minor scale is generaly used in a different manner altogether.
Work on the solo in chunks to make it easier to learn, fourbars at a time is a good way to break it up, before playing the solo as a whole. The melodic minor scale is basically the regular natural minor scale with a raised 6th and 7th tone. C melodic minor consists of the notes c, d, eb, f, g, a and b. Melodic minor scale is really similar to the harmonic minor scale we already studied the harmonic minor scale and we saw that it has a long distance between 6 and 7 degrees one and a half tone. The scales and arpeggios are split up into 3 main categories. Its a fancy term for a scale that includes every note. Melodic minor scale chart click here for a free printable pdf file of this scale. Melodic minor is an essential scale type to know for every style of music but is most.