In this video I'll show you the melodic minor scale on guitar and how to use the modes of melodic minor.
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⏱ Video Content Outline for This Lesson on the Modes of Melodic Minor

0:00 - Intro & outline
1:22 - Modes defined & parent scales
2:43 - 1) Melodic Minor
4:13 - 2) Dorian b2
5:41 - 3) Lydian Augmented
7:08 - 4) Lydian Dominant
8:56 - 5) Mixolydian b6
10:17 - 6) Locrian Natural 2
12:10 - 7) Altered Scale
13:39 - Helpful links & arpeggio pack (free PDF)
14:56 - Outro

🔗 Links & Lessons Mentioned in This Video on the Melodic Minor Scale on Guitar

🎸 MELODIC MINOR Scale Guitar Patterns - All Five Positions
🎸 Playlist: Modes
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🎸 Altered Scale Video #1
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💬 Lesson Description for this Modes of Melodic Minor Video

The modes of melodic minor are mainly used to improvise over jazz chords with extensions.

If that interests you, then this video is for you.

In this lesson, I'm going to show you the melodic minor scale on guitar and how to use the modes of melodic minor. They are as follows:

1. Melodic Minor
2. Dorian b2
3. Lydian Augmented
4. Lydian Dominant
5. Mixolydian b6
6. Locrian Natural 2
7. Altered Scale

Learning the melodic minor scale on guitar can be a little weird at first, but you can quickly come to recognize and appreciate its characteristic sound.

For each of the modes of melodic minor, I'll go into more detail about how to start playing with them, and I'll tell you what chords each of the modes are typically played over and why.

You can use this video as reference to come back to when you need to review the the melodic minor scale on guitar, the modes of melodic minor, and the chords they work over.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the modes of melodic minor and found it beneficial. Let me know what you thought in the comments.

Thanks! :)

- Jared

🎨 Diagrams from this Lesson on the Modes of Melodic Minor

The Melodic Minor Scale Form

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