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Learn the A melodic minor scale note positions, intervals and scale degrees on the piano, treble clef and bass clef, with mp3 and midi audio
What are minor scales and how do we form them? In this post, we cover the three types of minor scales: natural, harmonic and melodic and their formulas.
In western classical music theory, the minor scale refers to three scale patterns – the natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode), the harmonic minor scale, and the melodic minor scale (ascending or descending).
Minor melodic scales are different on the way down. So what happens to the degrees of the scale? Let’s take a look. We’ll look more closely at one of our new scales, E minor melodic. First we’ll write out the ascending scale, then add the degrees of the scale under each note:
Minor Scale Guide: Learn the Melodic Minor Scale. All styles of Western music use minor scales to produce melodies, chord progressions, and motifs. There are three types of minor scales in music theory: the natural minor scale, the harmonic minor scale, and the melodic minor scale.
A Melodic Minor Scale. And the last type of minor scale we’ll look at is A melodic minor scale. This one is a bit different from the others, though. When it’s ascending, it’s different from the natural in that its 6th and 7th notes are raised. This gives us the notes: A B C D E F# G#. But, when descending, the 6th and 7th notes are flattened.
Melodic Minor Scales. The Melodic Minor Scale differs from the Natural Minor Scale by the sixth and seventh notes, which are raised one semi-step. This scale is kind of peculiar since it is sometimes played differently ascending and descending.
This page shows piano and treble clef diagrams of all melodic minor scales, starting from note C. All keys are shown, including the commonly used 12 keys of the Circle of fifths diagram, and other theoretical (ie. not practically useable) keys.
The Harmonic and Melodic Minor scales are similar, except the Melodic Minor contains a natural sixth instead of the flat sixth of the Harmonic Minor. The Melodic Minor scale is also similar to the Major scale (although still with a distinctly different pattern of intervals).
The A melodic minor scale is a seven-note scale consisting of the notes A, B, C, D, E, F ♯, and G ♯. The scale corresponds to the A natural minor scale with the sixth and seventh degree raised a half step.