Scale · Advanced scales

F melodic minor

Minor with raised sixth and seventh: it climbs as smoothly as a major while keeping the minor third. The modern jazz scale.

Notes going up, in the Guitar sound.

Instrument

Tuning

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F melodic minor scale on the Guitar neck58 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.EFGG#A#CDEFGA#CDEFGG#A#CDEFGG#A#CDEFGG#A#CDEFGG#A#CDEFGG#A#CDEFGG#A#CDEFG123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. F1
  2. G2
  3. G#b3
  4. A#4
  5. C5
  6. D6
  7. E7

Also written as F · G · Ab · Bb · C · D · E.

Formula

W · H · W · W · W · W · H

W = whole step · H = half step

Degrees

1 · 2 · b3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7

Chords in the scale

Triads that fit entirely inside F melodic minor. The roman numeral is the degree: uppercase is major, lowercase is minor, ° is diminished.

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