Major scale intervals: Root, major 2nd, major 3rd, perfect 4th, perfect 5th, ... the Dorian mode or the melodic minor scale.

The main reason the melodic minor scale came about was as a way to reduce the size of the interval between the 6th and 7th degrees of the harmonic minor scale. This three-semitone gap made it hard for ...

The third variation, the melodic minor scale, we'll cover at a later date. There are two main methods for forming minor scales: the ‘definitive’ method and the ‘derivative’ method. The definitive ...