The Melodic Minor Scale is is similar to the natural minor scale but has a raised 6th and 7th scale degrees when ascending and then are flattened to return to the natural minor scale when descending. The organization of whole tones and semitones in an ascending melodic minor scale are in the following order:
Tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, tone, semitone.
The descending pattern is as follows:
Tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone
Listen to this melodic minor scale and then repeat the recording to sing along. Notice where the tones and semitones fall.
T = Tone (Whole Tone/2 Semitones)
ST = Semitone
