The modes of the melodic minor
Long gap since the last post here. Still practising, though!
Here’s an excersise I’m working on a bit now. The idea of it is to get me right into the feel, into the nitty-gritty, of the melodic minor by getting used to some awkward angular intervals contained within it. The melodic minor (up) or MinorMajor scale is so useful because its modes yield a lot of common jazz scales, such as the altered “Alt” scale (7th mode) or the half-diminished scale with a raised 2nd (Locrian #2).
I’m going to try to learn this in all twelve mM scales. It’s very awkward, particularly in the keys furthest away from C.
Gulp!
