About the A flat Jazz Minor b5 scale
A flat Jazz Minor b5 is used for jazz and film music that wants an unstable minor. Think of it as a melodic minor with the fifth lowered, off balance and modern.
Its notes are A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭♭, F, and G. The formula is W H W H 1½ W H.
Also called Jeths' Mode and Melodic Minor ♭5.
The black keys A♭, B♭, and D♭ belong to A♭ Jazz Minor ♭5.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | AbA♭ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | BbB♭ | Major 2nd |
| 3 | CbC♭ | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | DbD♭ | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | EbbE♭♭ | Diminished 5th |
| 6 | FF | Major 6th |
| 7 | GG | Major 7th |
| Steps | W H W H 1½ W H |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-1-2-1-3-2-1 |
| Degrees | 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 7 |
Fingering
Suggested fingering, follows standard fingering rules
| Hand | A flat | B flat | C flat | D flat | E double flat | F | G | A flat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Left hand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Jazz Minor b5 in other keys
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