#MELODIC MINOR SCALES FOR PIANO HOW TO#
#MELODIC MINOR SCALES FOR PIANO SOFTWARE#
#MELODIC MINOR SCALES FOR PIANO FREE#

We can derive 7 modes from the major scale, the melodic minor scale, and the harmonic minor scale, and these modes are used extensively in modern jazz improvisation.

#MELODIC MINOR SCALES FOR PIANO FREE#

The dorian mode is a very free flowing scale and it is often the scale of choice to improvise over minor chords, but the melodic and harmonic minor scale are also useful. The Dorian Mode is the second mode of the major scale.Р”Р‡or example if we play the C Major Scale from D to D, we have the D Dorian Mode. Let me know if you have any more questions and IРІР‚в„ўm here to help СЂСџв„ўвЂљ Take a read over the forum threads above and that should give you some additional insight. Here is another related forum post which you may find useful: There are different ways that we can look at modes. I talk about this more here in the forum: If I want something more РІР‚ВexoticРІР‚в„ў sounding I might add the b6 which gives us the harmonic minor and creates that middle eastern flavour. If I want a mysterious sound over a minor chord, I just think major scale with the b3 which gives us the melodic minor.

Onto your next question, I find those minor scale formulas useful when choosing what РІР‚ВcolourРІР‚в„ў to apply over minor chords with my right hand lines and melodic ideas. For example, we can use voicings from minor keys to voice chords in the relative major, check out this lesson where we use the minor РІР‚СљSo WhatРІР‚Сњ voicing to construct a major 13 chord in the relative major key: РІР‚вЂњ memorising those pairs РІР‚Вopens doorsРІР‚в„ў later down the line which is why it was specifically mentioned.

#MELODIC MINOR SCALES FOR PIANO HOW TO#

And I donРІР‚в„ўt how to ask cosРІР‚в„ў I am confused.Р”Р‡irstly itРІР‚в„ўs important to memorise the relative major/minor pairs as this information can be used in many other areas of jazz theory.

I am not sure if you understand what i am trying to ask. So whatРІР‚в„ўs that got to do with the initial concept of РІР‚Сљstarting at the РІР‚Сљ6th degreeРІР‚Сњ of a major scale? Take a C major Key, using the formula, the notes become C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, so this become a Cm scale which is the natural minor scale of Eb major key (not a C major key!). Nature Scale = Major Scale with b3, b6, and b7 The confusion comes when you wrote in your Practice Tips telling us to use the formulas for constructing the different minor scales. The logic stacks up nicely and all sounds ok with me. Everything so far is based on C major key getting to itРІР‚в„ўs related minors keys which starts and end with an So by changing the notes on a harmonic minor scale, we can get the melodic minor. Then you tell us that how to derive the harmonic minor based on altering (flat or sharp) the notes based on the natural minor. You picked a major key (say C key) and introduced that the natural minor starts from the 6th degree of this key and said that is the natural minor because they share the same notes. I am a beginner and I watched the lessons in Minor Scales and is a little confused as to how I should РІР‚СљorganizeРІР‚Сњ my understanding. I hope this helps and if I can be of further assistance just let me know СЂСџв„ўвЂљ To summarise, itРІР‚в„ўs certainly a good exercise to learn the correct fingerings, but donРІР‚в„ўt get caught up on this as there is much more to explore in the PianoGroove course. Instead itРІР‚в„ўs common to play fragments of scale combined with arpeggios and other intervals. This is why I donРІР‚в„ўt place too much importance on learning the exact fingerings. This is important to remember and memorise and it will make your workload much lighter.Р”Р„lso another point is to remember that when improvising jazz, itРІР‚в„ўs not very musical to just run up and down scales. G, G, D, A & E РІР‚вЂњ all have the exact same fingerings for both major and minor scales. Notice that you can group many scales together РІР‚вЂњ because the layout on the keyboard is similar. HereРІР‚в„ўs a link to scale fingering tables: My pleasure, glad you find these lessons useful СЂСџв„ўвЂљ I hope this helpsРІР‚В¦ kinda confusing I know but hopefully that makes sense СЂСџв„ўвЂљ It will give you the right note, but just spelled differently.

#MELODIC MINOR SCALES FOR PIANO SOFTWARE#

Unfortunately, the software cannot understand what I am playing 100% of the time. So basically itРІР‚в„ўs just a limitation of the software I use. I chose to use РІР‚Вall flatsРІР‚в„ў because the majority of jazz standards are written in flat keys such as the keys of Bb, Eb & F and itРІР‚в„ўs much less common for jazz standards to be written in sharp keys such as the keys of B, E or A.Р”В«ecause of this, the light up keyboard will get the right notes most of the time, but as you quite rightly pointed out, it is displaying the enharmonic equivalent of F# in the key of G Major. The software I use to generate the light-up keyboard has 3 options for the black keys: what you are seeing is РІР‚Вenharmonic equivalentsРІР‚в„ў РІР‚вЂњ this basically means itРІР‚в„ўs the same note, but spelled differently.

ThatРІР‚в„ўs great to hear you are enjoying the course so farРІР‚В¦ I will send you a personal welcome email shortly with some more information on how we can help you get started.

Melodic minor scales for piano