### MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES

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GRADE | NAME | NOTES | NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C
I | JAZZ MINOR |  |
II | DORIAN b9 |  |
III | LYDIAN AUGMENTED |  |
IV | LYDIAN DOMINANT |  |
V | MIXOLYDIAN b6 |  |
VI | SEMILOCRIAN |  |
VII | SUPERLOCRIAN |  |

Classical Melodic Minor scale has two forms: ascending and descending:

the descending form correspond to the natural minor scale.

In modern music, however, even the ascending form can be used to descend.

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### JAZZ MINOR |

Alternative names: Melodic Minor Ascending, Minor Major, Modern Minor, Ionian flat 3, Dorian maj7, Ipoionian, Dorian major 7

It starts from the first grade of melodic minor scale

The name Minor Major is because this mode starts like a minor mode an ends like a major one.

NATURAL MINOR | C |  | D | Eb |  | F |  | G | Ab |  | Bb |  | C
HARMONIC MINOR | C |  | D | Eb |  | F |  | G | Ab |  |  | B | C
MELODIC MINOR | C |  | D | Eb |  | F |  | G |  | A |  | B | C

Structure: 2122221

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
minor | minor with major seventh |

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm(maj7), Cm6, Cm^, Cm9(maj7), Cm^9, Cm6/9

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### DORIAN b9 |

Alternative names: Dorian flat 9, Phrygian sharp 6, Javanese

It starts from the second grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 1222212

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
minor | minor seventh |

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7, Cm7(b9), Cm11(b9), Cm13(b9)

Enharmonic chord simbols: Csus(b9)

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### LYDIAN AUGMENTED |

Alternative names: Lydian sharp 5

It starts from the third grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2222121

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
augmented | major seventh with augmented fifth |

Chord simbols: C+, C+(maj7), C^+, C9+(maj7), C^(#5), Cmaj7(#5), C^(#5 #11)

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### LYDIAN DOMINANT |

Alternative names: Overtone, Lydian flat 7, Mixolydian sharp 11, Mixolydian #4

It starts from the fourth grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2221212

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
major | dominant |

Chord simbols: C, C7, C9, C7(#11), C9(#11), C13(#11)

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(b5)

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### MIXOLYDIAN b13 |

Alternative names: Mixolydian flat 6, Hindu, Aeolian sharp 3, Aeolian Dominant, Hindustan

It starts from the fifth grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2212122

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
major | dominant |

Chord simbols: C, C7, C9, C7(b13), C9(b13), Csus, C7sus, C9sus

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7(#5)

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### SEMILOCRIAN |

Alternative names: Locrian natural 2, Half Diminished, Aeolian flat 5, Locrian #2

It starts from the sixth grade of melodic minor scale

Structure: 2121222

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
diminished | half diminished |

Chord simbols: Cm7(b5), CØ, Cm9(b5), CØ9

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### SUPERLOCRIAN |

Alternative names: Altered, Ravel, Diminished Whole-tone, Locrian flat 4

It starts from the seventh grade of melodic minor scale

The name Diminished Whole-tone is because this mode starts like a diminished mode an ends like a whole-tone one.

Structure: 1212222

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord:
diminished | half diminished

Enharmonic interpretation:

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord: | Complete chord:
augmented | dominant with augmented fifth |

Enharmonic chord simbols: C7alt, C7(b5), C7(#5), C+7, C7(b5 b9), C7(#5 #9), C7(b9 #9 #11 b13), ecc.

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