The melodic minor scale can be built using similar methods, but the main thing that sets it apart from its two relatives is that, traditionally, it uses one pattern when it’s ascending (going up the ...

The melodic minor scale is a minor scale with both the sixth and seventh notes raised by half a step, but only when ascending. A descending melodic minor scale is identical to a natural minor scale.

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 ...

The other common scale is the minor scale. It’s a bit darker in mood. In fact if a piece of music has a minor scale as its foundation, it will usually end up sounding sad or dramatic (or both).

Scales, which Bailey refers to as “the building blocks of music”, come in many different forms – most commonly in the major, melodic minor or harmonic minor. Bill describes the melodic minor as the ...