Head over to our Patreon page and join one of our Strings of Rage™ Syndicate Membership tiers to unlock. We must leave it up to you to discover other chordal formulae!ĭownload The eBook – Become A Strings of Rage™ Syndicate Member! We’ve put this lesson into a single resource that contains all the diagrams, theory and tab from this lesson so you can learn these concepts properly in your own time. We’ve simply derived the most commonly known ones by harmonising the scale to form chords. However, as is true for any scale or mode, there is multiple chord possibilities for each note of the scale. This scale is most common in jazz but however we can take advantage of its dissonance for a more rock and metal sound.ĭon’t forget there are many more chord possibilities that can be built from each root note. What chords does the melodic minor scale yield? Melodic minor tends to be quite dissonant and “augmented” in its sound. Some Helpful Theory: Harmonising The Modes Example Key of G Melodic Minor: G, A, Bb, C, D, E, F# Please don’t assume each of these are based off the root note G. We have intentionally not provided fretboard positions for each mode. Understanding the difference between the two is the key to writing modally and truly mastering the modes. Full Three Octave Melodic Minor Mode Melodic Minor 3nps Position In Relation to the 3 Octave Melodic Minor Scale Dorian b2 Position In Relation to the 3 Octave Melodic Minor Scale Lydian Augmented Position In Relation to the 3 Octave Melodic Minor Scale Lydian Dominant Position In Relation to the 3 Octave Melodic Minor ScaleĪt Strings of Rage™ we always show the root note of each mode as opposed to the root of the key or parent scale. Melodic Minor Scale – Three Octaves Dorian b2 Mode – Three Octaves Lydian Augmented Mode- Three Octaves Lydian Dominant Mode – Three Octaves Mixolydian b6 Mode – Three Octaves Locrian #2 Mode – Three Octaves Altered Mode – Three Octaves Referencing The 3nps PositionsĪlready mastered the 3nps melodic minor modes? Great! This will help you know where you are on the fretboard when you transition into these 3 octave versions. This will help us know where we are at any given point on the fretboard. You might find it helpful to check out our lesson on the 3nps positions of the melodic minor scale.ĭon’t worry if you haven’t learnt the 3nps versions first, you can simply reverse engineer these ideas. Just as we did with the major scale modes we can again reference the 3nps positions. While we like to encourage creativity through modal application these 3 octave melodic minor modes also become a great tool for extended alternate picking & legato licks as well. Once you know the patterns for each mode it becomes very easy to cover large distances across the guitar neck. What we’ve essentially got is a 3 and 4 note per string pattern across two strings that repeats in octaves. Three Octave FormattingĪny three octave scale or mode will work in the format that we’re going to learn here. As a result you’ll add more diversity and possibility to your lead playing. Because this is a really simple formula you can apply it to any scale or mode and cover more fretboard. However in this lesson we’ll be looking at the 3 octave melodic minor modes. If you’ve already checked out the three octave major scale modes or the three octave harmonic minor modes you’ll know how this three octave formatting works.
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We’ll also learn some modal theory to understand how to use these modes in practice. This will help you explore more of the guitar neck using these modes. Welcome guitar fans! In this webisode we’re going to learn to extend the modes of melodic minor into a 3 octave format.