Melodic Minor Modes

Hello folks!

In this lesson I'll teach you some tricks and tips of the modes of the melodic minor scale.
Nowadays, this scale is primarely used in jazz/fusion, but some excerpts of it can be found in other styles as well, such
as prog rock, country, funk, samba etc.

The melodic minor scale can be noted as:
R 2 b3 4 5 6 7

I like to face it as a dorian mode with the natural 7th in the place of the b7.

The modes are as follows:

1) Melodic Minor scale by itself - R 2 b3 4 5 6 7
2) Dorian(b9) or Phrygian 6 (also known as Phrygian #6) - R b2 b3 4 5 6 b7
3) Lydian(#5) - R 2 3 #4 #5 6 7
4) Mixolydian(#4) - R 2 3 #4 5 6 b7
5) Mixolydian(b6) - R 2 3 4 5 b6 b7
6) Locrian 9 (also known as Locrian #9) - R 2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
7) Altered scale - R b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7

Chord progression

| Am7/9 | % | Dm7/9 | % |

|Bø9 | E7 alt | Am7/9 | % |

| F#7(#11) | % | Fmaj7/9 | % |

| Bø9 | Ealt7 | Am7/9 | Ab7/9/13 |

| Gm7/11 | % | F#maj7(#11) | D#m7/9 |

| Em7/9 | C#alt | F#13 F#(b13) | Bsus Csus |

| Amaj7/9 | % | Dmaj7/9 | % |

| Bm7/9 | Bb7/9/13 | Am7/9 | Ab7/9/13 |

| Gmaj7/6/9 | % | Cm7/G | % |

| Fm ma7/Ab | Abm ma7/Cb | Bm maj7/D |

The solo is about 90% played with the melodic minor scale, so it's an excelent way to learn more about the scale and get used to its sounds!

Hope you like it!

Tuning: Standard

Key: The first bars are basically in Am, but then it goes to extreme modulations.

Gear: Dreamer TL, Bogner Shiva EL34, Maxon OD9, Apogee Duet2, Logic Pro 9.