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Listen to people that play Jazz just before you go to bed and let your brain process it during the night. When you can record yourself for yourself and impress not only yourself but others that don't know you, you have arrived. Learn all 5 positions, one at a time with a metronome, speed it up to a acceptable speed and then go on to improvisation with a drum machine. If you want to impress with your prowess and versatility, learn this scale.Įnough going on about this stuff. So the whole thing on scales is the vibe the feel that you can get from them. You might say, Roy, hey, what can I play to sound sophisticated and hip so I can play with the other cats at the Jazz festival? Melodic Minor. If you want to sound jazzy this is the scale for you. Ok, thats it for now, just a few examples to start you off.The Melodic minor scale is a Jazz scale. Example 4 is a line that I constructed that mixes the Aīlues scale (A, C, D, Eb, E, G) and the A melodic minor. This approach can work well in a Blues progression.īe sure to make up lines using this scale so you can apply it to your Another great way to use the melodic minor scale, record a D7th chord and play D Lydian b7 over it, which is the same as A melodic minor. The first two measures are from the E natural minor scale (E, F#, G, A, B, C, D) and then bar 3 switches to the E melodic minor (E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D#) starting from the 5th mode B Mixolydian b6. You may want to check out my version of "Carol of The Bells"off my latest CD, The Meaning of Christmas. The melodic minor, a really great example is the Christmas song "Carol of The Bells" in Example 3. Also, try mixing the A Dorian scale (A, B, C,ĭ, F#, G) with the A melodic minor, you will notice the only Record yourself playing a Am chord vamp for a while and play the A There are many ways, but I will just show you a few. Just like you would with the major scale modes. Memorize the formulas for each one and play them in different keys, Here is the list of modes from the melodic minor, make sure you Scales, just stack every other scale tone. Example 2 is the 7th chord arpeggios in the key of A,īut this pattern is the same in all keys. It is important to learn the chords and arpeggios for the melodic Same scale different ways ascending and descending for example, if youĪre in A melodic minor, play up to the highest A on your guitar and Example 1a is the same scale played in aĮxtended version across the neck. This pattern works off theĦth string in every key. Example 1 is a three-note-per-string pattern in the key ofĪ melodic minor (A, B, C, D, E, F#, G#). I will just be showing you a couple fingerings in this lesson to Memorize the formula so you can construct it in all keys. Scale is the same ascending and descending. In this lesson we will be using the modern improvising approach, the The melodic minor is played ascending and natural minor descending. You can look at the melodic minor as a major scale with a loweredģrd and you can also take the Dorian mode and raise the 7th. Really important to get the sound of the scale in your ear so you canĮasily apply it to your playing and play it all over the fingerboard. Just show you a couple fingerings, the modes, the chord scaleĪrpeggio's and a few lines you can practice to get you started. Used in different styles of music, you may hear it a lot in Jazz andĬlassical, you can easily apply it to Rock. Minor scale, how it is used, and apply it to some useful songs - just in time for Christmas.
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Welcome back! This lesson I will show you the Melodic Be sure to check out Mike's Christmas CD, The Meaning of Christmas, available at Mike.