Melodic Minor

Category: Modes/Scales

Description: A minor scale with the sixth and seventh degrees raised when ascending and lowered when descending. In modern music we only use the ascending version of the scale. Also referred to as the Jazz Minor Scale

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#11 Theory The #11 is an extension often added to Major 7th and Dominant 7th chords.
1 6 2 5 Progression/Song Form A common turnaround progression
10ths Theory 3rds an Octave up. Commonly played as double stops
11/8 Rhythm 11/8 means that there are eleven quaver (eighth note) beats per bar
12 Tone Modes/Scales a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row) synonyms
12/8 Rhythm 12/8 allows you to instead write out 12 straight eighth notes without losing anything from the groove, as 12/8 automatically implies that the eighth notes are grouped in sets of threes.
13b9 Theory A dominant chord that has the 13 and b9 as extentions. Commonly used as a diminished scale voicing. Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9 13
15/8 Rhythm Odd Time Signature
2 Notes Per String Fretboard Knowledge Laying out the fretboard with 2 notes per string.
2 String Sweep Picking Technique Sweeps across 2 strings
212 Fretboard Knowledge A system for arranging notes on the fretboard
2nds / Seconds Theory Interval of a 2nd. e.g. C to D
3 Notes Per String Fretboard Knowledge Scales laid out 3 notes per string on the fretboard
3 String Sweep Picking Technique Sweeps across 3 strings
3/4 Rhythm Time signature with 3 quarter notes to a bar
313 Fretboard Knowledge A particular fretting pattern alternating between 1 note per string and 3 notes per string
4 Notes Per String Fretboard Knowledge Laying out the fretboard with 4 notes on each string.
4 String Sweep Picking Technique Sweeps across 4 strings
5 String Sweep Picking Technique Sweeps across 5 strings
5/4 Rhythm The time signature of 5/4
5/8 Rhythm 5/8 means that there are five quaver (eighth note) beats per bar
6/8 Rhythm Time signature with 6 eighth notes to a bar
7 String Genre A 7 string guitar
7/4 Rhythm 7/4 means that there are seven crochet (quarter note) beats per bar