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It worked for the Beatles on Yesterday and it can work for you, too - here’s how to use the melodic minor scale to add intrigue to your songwriting and glide over minor chord progressions | Flipboard

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Four terrible albums that featured one ridiculously good song Let's say you just bought an album from one of your favorite musical artists, and you rush home and put it on the turntable. You cannot wait to hear …
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It worked for the Beatles on Yesterday - add intrigue to your songs and solos with the melodic minor scale

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Douglas Elbinger/Getty Images The Melodic Minor scale was used by Paul McCartney the basis for Yesterday and in jazz standard Autumn Leaves to create a sense of airiness. It works a treat when soloing over minor chords, too... It is another great scale choice to use over Minor progressions. It’s not too dissimilar to the Harmonic Minor as it also features a Major 7th interval.
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Loved by Yngwie, Santana and Slash, the harmonic minor scale is an essential part of every guitar player's vocabulary

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Generate Key Takeaways When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Alain BENAINOUS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images There are a number of different minor scales available, suiting different situations and chord progressions. Two of the most common used by guitarists are the minor pentatonic (1-b3-4-5-b7) and natural minor scale (1-2-b3-4-5-b6-b7), also known as Aeolian mode.
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