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  2. Minor scale - Wikipedia

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    the ascending melodic minor scale or jazz minor scale (also known as the Ionian ♭ 3 or Dorian ♯ 7): This form of the scale is also the 5th mode of the acoustic scale. the descending melodic minor scale: This form is identical to the natural minor scale . The ascending and descending forms of the A melodic minor scale are shown below:

  3. Jazz minor scale - Wikipedia

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    The jazz minor scale or ascending melodic minor scale is a derivative of the melodic minor scale, except only the ascending form of the scale is used. As the name implies, it is primarily used in jazz [citation needed], although it may be found in other types of music as well. It may be derived from the major scale with a minor third, [1 ...

  4. B minor - Wikipedia

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    By the end of the Baroque era, however, conventional academic views of B minor had shifted: Composer-theorist Francesco Galeazzi (1758–1819) [2] opined that B minor was not suitable for music in good taste. Beethoven labelled a B-minor melodic idea in one of his sketchbooks as a "black key". [3]

  5. Jazz scale - Wikipedia

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    B 7 (♭ 9 or ♯ 9, ♯ 11, ♭ 13) chord (functions as a dominant with the fifth of the chord replaced by ♯ 11 or ♭ 13, may also be used to harmonize a vii ø chord in melodic minor). This scale is the same as B ♭ Ionian (as the VII scale of I (C) dorian), but the root itself raised a half-step to B ♮ .

  6. List of musical scales and modes - Wikipedia

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    Chord-scale system. Heptatonic scale. Jazz scale. List of chord progressions. List of chords. List of musical intervals. List of pitch intervals. Arabian maqam. Modes of limited transposition.

  7. Scale (music) - Wikipedia

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    Scale (music) The C major scale, ascending and descending. In music theory, a scale is "any consecutive series of notes that form a progression between one note and its octave ", typically by order of pitch or fundamental frequency. [1][2] The word "scale" originates from the Latin scala, which literally means "ladder".

  8. Heptatonic scale - Wikipedia

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    A heptatonic scale is a musical scale that has seven pitches, or tones, per octave. Examples include: the diatonic scale; including the major scale and its modes (notably the natural minor scale, or Aeolian mode) the melodic minor scale, like the Aeolian mode but with raised 6th and 7th ascending. the harmonic minor scale, like the Aeolian mode ...

  9. Dorian mode - Wikipedia

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    Dorian mode or Doric mode can refer to three very different but interrelated subjects: one of the Ancient Greek harmoniai (characteristic melodic behaviour, or the scale structure associated with it); one of the medieval musical modes; or—most commonly—one of the modern modal diatonic scales, corresponding to the piano keyboard's white notes from D to D, or any transposition of itself.