Once youve mastered the licks in the written key try transposing them to all the other keys. Melodic minor is a natural minor scale with a minor 6th and major 7th in it. Jazz guitar method 40 minor guitar licks pdf with audio. Here were using melodic minor a half step above the v chord or as i explain in the clip half step above any chord thats. The book of altered is an expansion of a few of the concepts first published in the melodic minor handbook aebersold, in 2005. We call scales relative if they share the same key signature. Click the links below for a pdf sample page from the book, and for a midi sound file of the page for you to listen to. Clicking here and on the image below will open a pdf file of the melodic minor scale chart for guitar that prints nicely. The altered scale is the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale and is used to solo over dominant. The other common function for minor chords in jazz, beyond the im7 chord, is the iim7 chord. Melodic principles for rock guitar by sarah spisak. In this video, i am going to go over how you make some great melodic minor lick. These eight melodic minor lessons consist of an introduction, how to use the scale, 5 shapes of the scale and how to connect them. Minor scales are built on the 6th scale degree of a major scale to quickly find a major keys relative minor, count down 3 halfsteps from the tonic note of the.
Learn all the intervals in an octave while building understanding of fretboard. This can really help you expand your vocabulary on this chord progression, and there is a lot of great ideas in there that you need to know. The melodic minor cookbook fundamental changes music. In other words, one wont really see a tune written in, say, c melodic minor that starts on the i chord, then goes to the v chord, then to the iv and so on. In this lesson i will map out some of the basic and more advanced melodic minor arpeggios and triads.
The solution below shows the a melodic minor key signature on the treble clef and bass clef the lesson steps then explain how to write the key signature using both clefs, including the display order and line space staff positions of the notes, and the sharp flat accidentals for a quick summary of this topic, have a look at key signature. The scales and arpeggios are split up into 3 main categories. If you want to download a free ebook of 15 ii valt i licks then. The solution below shows the a melodic minor scale notes, intervals and scale degrees on the piano, treble clef and bass clef the lesson steps then describe how to identify the a melodic minor scale note interval positions, choose the note names and scale degree names for a quick summary of this topic, have a look at melodic minor scale. Here is an overview of all the charts and other resources that are available on this site to view and also to download.
This is under construction but will be done in the coming weeks. The melodic minor scale has such a unique sound and sets up a wonderful tension for resolving to a i chord. Then subscribe for unlimited access to premium lessons, including exclusive lessons from acclaimed artists. Theyre kinda like cayenne pepperused sparingly they can add some spice to your playing, but too much makes it hard to swallow. Natural, harmonic and melodic forms about minor scales. In this lesson i will map out some of the basic and more advanced arpeggios and triads contained in the scale. This chord is found in countless tunes, from being entire sections in so what, to being a part of the classic ii v i progression, and everything in between as well as using the dorian mode to solo over iim7 chords, you can add a bit of tension to this chord. Melodic minor is a key sound when it comes to modern and traditional jazz guitar.
Melodics is the best way to build your musical skills free to download, play 60 free lessons for 5 performance minutes a day to start building your rhythm, timing, and muscle memory immediately. The last part of the lesson is 3 examples of melodic minor licks using the different structures and devices i have presented in this lesson as exercises. In this video i go over 3 melodic minor licks that use some of the techniques and arpeggios that i find are the. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. The melodic minor scale is one of the most useful scales in jazz. Printable pdf ebook method containing 40 major jazz guitar licks. The basic ingredients in music are scales, chords, melody, rhythm, and. The melodic minor scale is generaly used in a different manner altogether. These repeating patternslike those in figures ab, 14ab and 15ab typically involve working between no more than a couple of strings and using bends and hammeronspulloffs in. Licks to learn melodic minor in dorian mode tom quayle style. Melodic minor, however, differs from the natural minor scale by also having a 6th that is a halfstep higher. This lesson provides an introduction to the melodic minor scale, explaining why jazz musicians use the scale and its.
The pdf is available in the patreon facebook group. Click download or read online button to get the melodic minor handbook book now. Link to free printable guitar scales pdf file with all 5 positions of the guitar melodic minor scale. Downloadable in pdf format, 203 pages, plus 7 mp3 backing tracks. I list the 83 chords built on each scale degree in c major 2 pages. The melodic minor scale, like harmonic minor, also has a raised 7th compared to natural minor. Free to download, play 60 free lessons for 5 performance minutes a day to start building your rhythm, timing, and muscle memory immediately.
Melodic minor is a huge part of the sound of jazz and especially modern jazz. Similar to the major scale, 7 modes can be derived from the melodic minor scale. Link to guitar pro file of tab for the guitar melodic minor scale scale 7. Melodic minor arpeggios jazz guitar lesson 37 youtube. But at the core of solos that are truly rocking youll almost always find minor pentatonic smear licks stealing the show. Theres a quality to music played in a minor key and certainly in a minor blues thats a slightly different harmonic feeling and sound and theres a tendency to play more of the melodic minor scale than the straight up diminished scale. Things you need to know in melodic minor jens larsen. The melodic minor scale is an exotic sounding scale and its modes are used extensively in modern jazz improvisation. How to use the melodic minor scale jazz guitar online.
Harmonization of the melodic minor scale chord shapes and theory. Check the tab for the notes of an f melodic minor which im playing in these examples. This book is an exploration of one very simple concept. Link to page dedicated to guitar melodic minor scale. The melodic minor scale and its modes jazz guitar online. This complete package contains multiple chord and scale diagrams for guitar, licks for each position of every mode and complete solo studies with backing tracks for you to master the melodic minor scale and its modes. The licks can be used in most cases where you would use melodic minor mode so they work well for tonic minor, altered scale and lydian b7 chords. A new guitar method containing 40 dorian licks with tab, analysis and audio files is available for download in pdf format. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. These structures are also the material i use for the 3 melodic minor jazz licks included in the video.
The melodic minor scale is a minor type scale sometimes referred to as. Or a lydian dominant sound like this c7 backdoor dominant in d major. Melodic modal solo in e minor with tab metal method. With some of the great melodic minor sounds like lydian dominant and altered. A great aspect of melodic minor is that the lines that fit one of the chords also mostly works over other sounds. Watch the minor pentatonic melodic g blues online guitar lesson by ned luberecki from 30 bluegrass banjo licks you must know in the 70s, all the melodic style players were really into these minor pentatonic licks. This video is going over 5 minor ii v i licks demonstrating some of the scales, arpeggios and melodic ideas you can use when improvising over a minor ii v i.
With some of the great melodic minor sounds like lydian dominant and altered dominants. I list the most common 3 and 4note chords, and a few 5note chords, from a natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales. If you want to download a free ebook of 15 ii valt i licks then subscribe to my newsletter. A total of 298 minutes, almost 5 hours, of m4v video instruction with explanations, examples and close up fretboard demonstrations plus printable pdf in tab and notation. Guitar scales printable charts of the most commonly used. This raised 7th, just as in the harmonic minor scale, gives us a major triad or dominant 7th v chord in a minor key. Use these 3 easy scales to solo on 95% of jazz songs. Then i have a fourth a minor scale which i call a practical minor. Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. Clicking here and on the image below will open a pdf file. Melodics is the best way to build your musical skills. Guitar scales and modes explained easy shapes, licks. The melodic minor handbook download ebook pdf, epub. There arent tunes written in the key of c melodic minor, where chords derived from the native scale are used.