Pdf of tab and guitar pro file are included in the free lesson. That means that this scale creates a minor chord as its first chord tonic. Link to free printable guitar scales pdf file with all 5 positions of the guitar melodic minor scale. Another way of thinking in it is playing the melodic minor scale that is one tone above of the chord that will be solved. Because of this, you can use melodic minor licks up a 5 th rather than have a different set of lydian dominant licks. Jul 27, 2017 melodic minor is a key sound when it comes to modern and traditional jazz guitar. Pentatonic licks are a key characteristic of authenticsounding blues. Below is a chart showing all melodic minor scales not on the circle of 5ths.
Use my search bar to find exactly what youre looking for. With a goal of reducing this distance, it was added an intermediate note to. It also has an arpeggio from ab melodic minor over the g7alt chord. In this video i go over 3 melodic minor licks that use some of the techniques and. In classical music, you use the melodic minor ascending and the natural minor descending. I remember the melodic and harmonic minor scales sounding middle eastern and i couldnt relate. Fretboard note names and staff locations guitar sounds one octave lower than written.
The chart below shows how the melodic minor scale compares with. Try taking some minor scales that you know, and follow the steps above to make them melodic minor scales. Harmonic minor raises the 7th degree of the minor minor mode by a chroma. Sign up for our free masterclass boost your jazz blues. Here are some free pdfs used to supplement my free video lessons. If in some moment of the song was played the chord g7 dominant that solves in c, we could play in this g7 the melodic minor scale of d. This example uses a common set of chords in e minor.
Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. The best way to familiarize yourself with the melodic minor scale is through practice and patience in learning how to play bass. Below is a chart showing all melodic minor scales starting with doublesharps and flats. Learn the note names all melodic minor scales in table form, in all 12 circle of 5ths keys, including single and double accidental theoretical keys home mobile view scale. Link to page dedicated to guitar melodic minor scale. Melodic principles for rock guitar by sarah spisak. Remember, each mode is the same as the scale you started with but beginning from a different degree. That was 3 lines using melodic minor that you can apply. The chart below shows how the melodic minor scale compares with the natural minor and major scale diatonic scale. Nov 15, 2017 country licks in country music, there are tons of cliched licks worthy of assimilating into your improv arsenalphrases appropriate for either acoustic or electric guitar. These structures are also the material i use for the 3 melodic minor jazz licks included in the video. Guitar scales and modes explained easy shapes, licks, and. I made a call on the enharmonic spellings in the various keys in an attempt to make each mode easier on its own.
Melodic minor lines part 1 fundamental changes music book. Like blues licks, country licks use minor and major pentatonic sounds with mixolydian shadings, like the classic openposition runs in figures 5ab, occurring in the key. His ability to create melodic guitar riffs and solos. The material here is mostly intended for a tonic minor chord like cm6 or cmmaj7, but it is easy to adapt or even just play it over other chords from melodic minor like the lydian dominant, altered dominants or m7b59 chords i made these lines around this position of the cm melodic scale. You can easily apply this logic to pentatonics, but they are only going to. The other common function for minor chords in jazz, beyond the im7 chord, is the iim7 chord. The melodic minor scale is a minor type scale sometimes referred to as. Fire up your solos with 15 mindblowing patterns take a look at the power of sequencing patterns and explore ways you can put them to use to ignite your solos and licks with a new intensity.
The pdf is available in the patreon facebook group. Some musicians prefer the melodic minor sound, while others prefer using the harmonic minor sound. The third mode of melodic minor follows the same formula, you lower one note of phrygian to form this mode, only its a strange note to lower. Many of the documents on this page are in pdf format. Soloing over a minor iim7b5v7i progression is often played with either melodic minor harmony or harmonic minor harmony. Oct 06, 2010 soloing over a minor iim7b5v7i progression is often played with either melodic minor harmony or harmonic minor harmony. This chord is found in countless tunes, from being entire sections in so what, to being a part of the classic ii v i progression, and everything in between. These are not lessons, but supplements to my lessons. A bluesy melody using the pentatonic scale beginner. Learn the melodic minor scale for piano in every key. Download your free 62 page pdf beginner jazz guide.
Melodic minor scales chart other single accidental keys. Here is the list of the printable pdf methods with audio files available for download. The purpose of this article is to shed some light on this mysterious scale without going into too much technical detail. Then i have a fourth a minor scale which i call a practical minor. Download our free pdf versions of each scale with fingering. Download a free pdf of melodic minor scales on every root for the banjo. This scale is also some kind of peculiar since it is sometimes played differently ascending and descending. To begin, lets take a look at how you can alter one note from the ionian mode to create the first mode of melodic minor, otherwise known as the melodic minor scale itself. Sign up for our free masterclass boost your jazz blues learn jazz. By working jazz guitar licks, you increase your fretboard knowledge and build a strong connection to the jazz tradition at the same time. A g minor melodic scale is g natural minor scale like g a bb c d eb f g where we change it. I list the most common 3 and 4note chords, and a few 5note chords, from a natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales.
Melodic minor lines part 1 fundamental changes music. I list the 83 chords built on each scale degree in c major 2 pages. Take a look at the power of sequencing patterns and explore ways you can put them to use to ignite your solos and licks with a new intensity. Jim gleasons guitar encyclopedia encyclopedia of licks. Guitar scales and modes explained easy shapes, licks. Another scale you might use to improvise with along with this carlos santana guitar lick is the d minor pentatonic scale. Moving on, heres a classic melodic minor lick over the dm7 chord. The modes in the key of c harmonic minor are as follows. Welcome to this tutorial on using melodic minor scales. You can play along with or sing along to the mp3 for ear training and to help you hear if and when you are making a mistake in a scale or mode enjoy mp3. However, in jazz theory, the ascending form of the melodic minor scale is used as its descending. Link to guitar pro file of tab for the guitar melodic minor scale scale 7. The melodic minor scale is one of the most useful scales in jazz.
Ive written them with a c minor chord, a c minor major, a c minor 6 th chord in mind. Melodic modal solo in e minor with tab metal method. Melodic minor is a huge part of the sound of jazz and especially modern jazz. My last post on minor keys covered the three scales you need for most situations in rock, pop, and film scores.
In the examples, i will also breakdown the way i am thinking and which arpeggios and melodic devices i use in the lines. Its important to know the ascending and descending forms of the melodic minor scale and why they are different. Melodic minor scale jazz studies introduction chapterpdf. If you want to download a free ebook of 15 ii valt i licks then subscribe to my newsletter. Further study on your own can reap tremendous rewards in your improvising by playing around with some of the ideas. Are there harmonic and melodic minor pentatonic scales. Check out my free video lessons on my free lessons page. The whole tone scale is a harsh sounding dissonant scale. These eight melodic minor lessons consist of an introduction, how to use the scale, 5 shapes of the scale and how to connect them. Nov 22, 2017 heres a pdf and an mp3 of all the melodic minor scales and the modes. Each minor scale has a different use and application in jazz piano and so learning how to construct and apply each one is a vital skill. This printable pdf ebook available for free download contains 6 easy jazz guitar licks with tabsnotation, youtube video link and analysis about. Jazz guitar licks pdf methods with audio files online. Nothing too special as it is a 3 note per string position of the melodic minor scale.
Heres a pdf and an mp3 of all the melodic minor scales and the modes. But since c minor melodic is also f7 lydian dominant, or b7 altered, or a half diminished with a 9, there are other places where you can apply it. In this lesson i will map out some of the basic and more advanced arpeggios and triads contained in the scale. This chord is found in countless tunes, from being entire sections in so what, to being a part of the classic ii v i progression, and everything in between as well as using the dorian mode to solo over iim7 chords, you can add a bit of tension to this chord. Jan 21, 2019 the third mode of melodic minor follows the same formula, you lower one note of phrygian to form this mode, only its a strange note to lower. Learning the melodic minor scale simplifying theory. Melodic minor scale is really similar to the harmonic minor scale we already studied the harmonic minor scale and we saw that it has a long distance between 6 and 7 degrees one and a half tone. For example, a short pattern that is played on two strings could be played on strings 12, 23, 34, 45, and 56. If youd like to gain more of an idea about the concept, format, benefits and practice guidelines found in the book, click the link below for a pdf copy of the introduction chapter. In this post i give 36 unique guitar licks to use over melodic minor.
In this video, i am going to go over how you make some great melodic minor licks. Jun 04, 2014 in questa lezione robben ford affronta uno degli aspetti piu caratteristici del suo stile. The melodic minor scale is incredibly powerful for jazz improvisation. You might save yourself a whole lot of wasted time. The pdf shows the lick transposed into all 12 keys, but its good to do the work yourself and. Learn all the intervals in an octave while building understanding of fretboard. Melodic minor soloing over minor iivi learn jazz standards.
To read them, you will need to have the free adobe reader program installed on your computer. As you can see, you lower the root note to produce the new mode fingering. Printable pdf ebook method containing 40 major jazz guitar licks. A total of 298 minutes, almost 5 hours, of m4v video instruction with explanations, examples and close up fretboard demonstrations plus printable pdf in tab and notation. In questa lezione robben ford affronta uno degli aspetti piu caratteristici del suo stile. Learning jazz guitar licks is essential for anyone studying the genre. Bluesy melody using the pentatonic scale fingerstyle guitar lesson for beginners.
Guthrie govan chromatic licks pdf its no secret that guthrie govan is a monster rock fusion guitar player. If you want to download a free ebook of 15 ii valt i licks then subscribe. Take a one or two bar phrase and transpose it to all 12 keys. If you are new to the major modes, check out my previous lesson, major modes made easy, for a refresher on these important melodic devices. If you have been following the previous lessons in this series, you should feel pretty comfortable with working out the modes of a particular scale by now. In this tutorial well be learning how to use melodic minor scales in conjunction with the major scales we already know in a harmonic context. Once youve mastered the licks in the written key try transposing them to all the other keys. Melodic minor mode 3 is built by lowering the root of phrygian by a fret on the guitar. This video shows you 3 different ways you can apply the scale over minor chords. Each minor scale has a different use and application in jazz piano and so learning how to construct and apply each one.
Try to play the phrase on as many sets of strings as possible. A great aspect of melodic minor is that the lines that fit one of the chords also mostly works. In other terms, the melodic minor scale is different on the way up than it is on the way down. Like blues licks, country licks use minor and major pentatonic sounds with. The lydian dominant scale is the fourth mode of the melodic minor, and contains the same notes as its parent melodic minor scale. I will demonstrate both sounds over this next twopost series. Why the descending of the melodic minor scale differs from. The melodic minor scale differs from the natural minor scale by the sixth and seventh notes, which are raised a semistep. This page contains a variety of educational materials that are offered here free of charge. The freakiness of melodic minor the ethan hein blog. Usually we use the pentatonic scale to solo over a chord progression this scale is one of the most intuitive scale youll find on guitar and it is so simple that any guitar player can easily start soloing using it. A bluesy melody using the pentatonic scale beginner lesson. This santana lick actually starts out with an fmaj7 arpeggio, which is a chord that can be build from the d minor scale.
Subscribe for more free jazz guitar lessons and videos. Aug 24, 2017 free, click to get the jam track used in this lesson plus 5 more killer jam tracks plus two free ebooks where we go over the tracks one at a time and diagram out all the scales and soloing strategies. The lesson steps then explain the 7th chord construction from this scale, and how to name the quality of each chord based on note intervals. For example, while the natural minor scale naturalizes all of the notes, and melodic minor does something quite different. So, if youre a jazz musician, feel free to stick to the same melodic minor scale. Scales that include tensions from the least up to the most for soloing over. If you play these notes on a piano, they will sound one octave higher than on the guitar. Harmonization of the melodic minor scale chord shapes and theory. Aug 03, 2015 the melodic minor scale seems to be a big mystery to many jazz musicians. In fact, the melodic minor scale has to different faces. The scales are provided in tablature and standard notation. This module contains a lot of super useful information for anyone new to scales and how to use them, and some really helpful stuff for even more advanced players. To use a melodic minor lick over a lydian dominant chord, think of the melodic minor scale up a 5 th.
This handout shows the various modes of the major scale, harmonic minor scale, melodic minor scale ascending, and even some less traditional scales. Things you need to know in melodic minor jens larsen. You might say, roy, hey, what can i play to sound sophisticated and hip so i can play with the other cats at the. Here are three licks in the key of am using our melodic minor scale.
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