C melodic minor scale on violin
C melodic minor has 7 notes: C D E♭ F G A B. Degrees: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7. Formula: W H W W W W H.
What notes are in the C melodic minor scale?
C, D, E♭, F, G, A and B. It has 7 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W H W W W W H.
What does C melodic minor sound like, and when do you use it?
The "jazz minor": minor below, major above. Modern and sophisticated. Use it over m(maj7) and m6.
Chords in C melodic minor
| Degree | Triad | Seventh chord |
|---|---|---|
| i | Cm | Cm(maj7) |
| ii | Dm | Dm7 |
| ♭III+ | E♭+ | E♭maj7♯5 |
| IV | F | F7 |
| V | G | G7 |
| vi° | A° | Am7♭5 |
| vii° | B° | Bm7♭5 |
Chord progressions to improvise with C melodic minor
In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the fingerboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in C:
- Jazz minor (imaj7–i6): Cm(maj7) | Cm6. m(maj7) and m6: the melodic minor color in its natural home.
- ii–V–i (ii7–V7–imaj7): Dm7 | G7 | Cm(maj7) | Cm(maj7). ii–V to a i with a major 7th: the B is the note in charge.
- i–IV7 (i6–IV7): Cm6 | F7. Like the Dorian vamp, but with the major 7th (B) in the scale.
C melodic minor on the violin: first position
No frets: string by string (G D A E), from the open string to the fourth finger:
- G string: G A B C D
- D string: D E♭ F G A
- A string: A B C D E♭
- E string: F G A B
Same notes as
C melodic minor (ascending) · E♭ Lydian augmented · F Lydian dominant · G Mixolydian ♭6 · A Locrian ♮2 · B altered
Melodic minor in other keys
On other instruments
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