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Ab Melodic Minor Scale

Melodic minor raises both the 6th and 7th, smoothing the leap of harmonic minor — a staple of jazz improvisation.

Melodic minor raises both the 6th and 7th, smoothing the leap of harmonic minor — a staple of jazz improvisation. On guitar, the ab melodic minor scale uses the notes A♭, B♭, B, D♭, E♭, F, G — the diagram above shows every one of them across all positions of the neck, with the root (Ab) highlighted so you can anchor each shape.

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Melodic Minor scale in other keys

• C Melodic Minor Scale
• C# Melodic Minor Scale
• D Melodic Minor Scale
• Eb Melodic Minor Scale
• E Melodic Minor Scale
• F Melodic Minor Scale
• F# Melodic Minor Scale
• G Melodic Minor Scale
• A Melodic Minor Scale
• Bb Melodic Minor Scale
• B Melodic Minor Scale

More Ab scales & arpeggios

• Ab Major Scale
• Ab Natural Minor Scale
• Ab Harmonic Minor Scale
• Ab Major Pentatonic Scale
• Ab Minor Pentatonic Scale
• Ab Blues Scale
• Ab Dorian Scale
• Ab Phrygian Scale
• Ab Lydian Scale
• Ab Mixolydian Scale
• Ab Locrian Scale
• Ab Whole Tone Scale
• Ab Diminished Scale
• Ab Major Arpeggio
• Ab Minor Arpeggio
• Ab Dominant 7 Arpeggio
• Ab Major 7 Arpeggio
• Ab Minor 7 Arpeggio
• Ab Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio
• Ab Diminished Arpeggio
• Ab Diminished 7 Arpeggio
• Ab Augmented Arpeggio
• Ab Sus2 Arpeggio
• Ab Sus4 Arpeggio