Modes of Melodic Minor Scale on Guitar & What Chords to Play Them Over

Here are the modes of melodic minor, what chords to play them over, & how to use the melodic minor scale on guitar.

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💬 LESSON DESCRIPTION:
The modes of melodic minor are mainly used to improvise over jazz chords with extensions.
If that interests you, then this video is for you.
In this lesson, I'm going to show you the melodic minor scale on guitar and how to use the modes of melodic minor. They are as follows:
1. Melodic Minor
2. Dorian b2
3. Lydian Augmented
4. Lydian Dominant
5. Mixolydian b6
6. Locrian Natural 2
7. Altered Scale
Learning the melodic minor scale on guitar can be a little weird at first, but you can quickly come to recognize and appreciate its characteristic sound.
For each of the modes of melodic minor, I'll go into more detail about how to start playing with them, and I'll tell you what chords each of the modes are typically played over and why.
You can use this video as reference to come back to when you need to review the the melodic minor scale on guitar, the modes of melodic minor, and the chords they work over.
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the modes of melodic minor and found it beneficial. Let me know what you thought in the comments.
Thanks! :)
~ Jared

⏱ VIDEO CONTENT OUTLINE (WITH TIMESTAMP LINKS):
0:00 - Intro & outline
1:22 - Modes defined & parent scales
2:43 - 1) Melodic Minor
4:13 - 2) Dorian b2
5:41 - 3) Lydian Augmented
7:08 - 4) Lydian Dominant
8:56 - 5) Mixolydian b6
10:17 - 6) Locrian Natural 2
12:10 - 7) Altered Scale
13:39 - Helpful links & arpeggio pack (free PDF)
14:56 - Outro

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[alexproh]

Noted: when in doubt - just jamm these mm notes hard, it will get you somewhere, gotcha!

Your channel is pure gold, huge thanks for all your educational content

[JonDoe-wbqo]

Watch this lesson !... explained simply right from the beginning. Very inspiring and confidence building !

[wordytoed]

This is what I have been waiting for. I have no idea what the difference is between minor / harmonic minor / melodic minor. ¡Finalmente!

[tonycarel]

Wow, I love this channel. The way you teach explaining what you are doing while playing is tremendously helpful. I am a subscriber to the channel will keep watching. Keep that awesome content coming

[endisbandage]

You are such a good teacher, thanks so much for the lesson!

[treborwax]

Merci pour tout tes videos, tu es excellent pour expliquer les concepts. Tu es quelqu'un que j'ai découvert depuis peu et un de mes préféré. Merci

[redguitar]

Excellent video. I've been meaning to get to grips with these modes for a long time

[MilennialZero]

I really like this idea. Great for ear training.

[ElyJaffeMusic]

you are awesome. thanks for these lessons!

[danqodusk]

Very well done. I definitely need to take a look at some other material you have available. One thing you mentioned that very few other instructors do is say we can use the altered scale over unaltered dominant chords. Thinking that if your 7th chord contain a #9, use must use a scale or mode that contains a #9 is really silly! We are free to color chords any way we wish. "I'll be back", said Arnold.

[LooMinn]

Jared - Thank you for taking my 'head knowledge' of the MMS to a realistic application of the spicy colorations of the modes of this scale.

[harveyhensley]

Thanks for the comprehensive discussion of all these scales. What do you think the advantages of your 5 position system are relative to three notes per string? I have an easier time visualizing the arpeggios in the 5 position, CAGED based scales, and it seems left hand movement is more economical. But 3 notes per string covers the fretboard more densely, and brings out the whole-step half-step patterns more clearly.

[mcant]

Hello sir. Thanks for the video. Just asking if you have a video playing chords progression and apply that melodic minor? TIA

[ernest]

is it the 6th of the scale the minor, melodic minor with a raised 6th and seventh notes, starting on the second note not the root note

[YorgMergyani]

Question, what was the key of the chords? I mean i know if im right for 3xample on Cmajor key if u wanna play dorian it would b, d dorian, o i see one of em was b7, then, u kind of forgot to tell the chord names right?

[portwain]

Great video but I have to say I truly hate the concept of playing modes from corresponding notes of major/minor scales. I was trying to understand modes and their characteristic sound for years until I started to learn modes of major scale as independent scales. Just like I did with major and minor when I started to learn the guitar. You say “Don’t think about the names, just play melodic minor from different notes” but it is very confusing. It is much better to play every mode from the same note to feel them. For now, I understand modes of major and it is easy to alternate them to get the modes of minor. Thanks for showing the chords, btw.

[zeo-mar]

I much prefer to first hear the concept being discussed musically - and not for too long, 15 secs is fine, before they start talking about it. It gives the listener some context upfront as to what they are about to talk about rather than having to wait through a bunch of words with no reference point.

[JB]

Why is there no Phrygian Mode in the Melodic Minor scale?

[pukvolos]

Did you sit with a foot stand in this video?

[bobravenscraft]

Don't dig it only scale. Just me