Product Number:
30022EB
Format:
eBook
Skill Level:
Intermediate-Advanced
Notation Type:
Standard Notation and Tab
Pages:
44
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-6191-1312-0
ISBN13:
978-16191-1312-1
Series:
USC School of Music
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
8/1/2012
Melodic Minor Guitar will help you learn fingerings for the melodic minor scale while discovering the magical Augmented Major 7th chord and arpeggio that is found within it. Scale and arpeggio fingering positions are coordinated in a way that will simplify things and have you making music in no time at all. Modes and chords of the melodic minor scale are explained along with written examples that demonstrate melodic ideas over common chord progressions. You will also find an entire solo written on the changes of a popular jazz standard, plus many colorful chord voicings derived from the melodic minor scale.
Melodic Minor Guitar
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Examining the melodic minor scale
The Melodic Minor Scale
G Melodic Minor Scale
Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale
The Augmented Major 7th Chord
Augmented Major 7th Arpeggios
Chapter 2 - One Step At a Time
Scale Fingering #1
Improvisation Studies - #1
Scale Fingering #2
Improvisation Studies - #2
Scale Fingering #3
Improvisation Studies - #3
Scale Fingering #4
Improvisation Studies - #4
Scale Fingering #5
Improvisation Studies - #5
Chapter 3 - Improvising on Common Chord Progressions
The V - i Chord Progression
V - i Improvisation Studies
Minor ii - V - i Chord Progression
Minor ii - V - i Improvisation Studies
Dm Blues Turnaround Chord Progression
Minor Blues Turnaround Improvisation Studies
Major ii - V - I Chord Progression
Major ii - V - I Improvisation Studies
It Might Happen Solo
Chapter 4 - Melodic Minor Chord Voicings
Augmented Major 7th Chord Voicings
Other Chord Voicings
Chapter 5 - Melodic Minor Scale in Twelve Keys
Reference For Different Keys
Conclusion
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