Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale
Swapping the flat seventh of a minor pentatonic for a natural seventh produces these five notes, and that is the only change made.
- Used for
- Jazz and modern minor melodies.
- Formula
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Steps 1½ W W 4 semitones H Semitones 3-2-2-4-1 Degrees 1 ♭3 4 5 7 - Relationships
- Rotating it onto the flat third degree produces the 7#5 Pentatonic, which is its only relative in this catalog.
Melodic Minor Pentatonic in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D D Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E E Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- F F Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G G Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A A Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B B Melodic Minor Pentatonic scale piano guitar
