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A♭ melodic minor scale

The A♭ melodic minor scale is A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F G: seven notes, smooth and jazzy. Its formula is 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7.

Make a beat in A♭ minor

Opens the free editor with a trap beat in A♭ minor to play A♭ melodic minor over. No account needed to start.

The notes of A♭ melodic minor

From A♭ up to A♭: whole, half, whole, whole, whole, whole, half. Tap a key to hear it.

A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F G A♭

C♭FGA♭B♭D♭E♭A♭
The notes of A♭ melodic minor scale by scale degree
DegreeNoteFrom the root
1A♭Root
2B♭Major second
♭3C♭Minor third
4D♭Perfect fourth
5E♭Perfect fifth
6FMajor sixth
7GMajor seventh

How A♭ melodic minor is built

The A♭ minor scale with F♭ raised to F and G♭ raised to G. Its top half then runs like A♭ major, smooth on the way up. Classical music plays it that way going up and plays A♭ minor coming down.

The natural minor scale with its sixth and seventh raised: minor at the bottom, major at the top. Classical music raises them on the way up and plays the natural minor coming down; jazz plays these notes both ways. The melodic minor scale in every key.

Chords in A♭ melodic minor

One chord on each note of the scale, built from its own notes. The numeral says which note it starts on, against the A♭ major scale: capitals are major, small letters minor.

iA♭miiB♭m♭III+C♭augIVD♭VE♭vi°Fdimvii°Gdim

Play A♭ melodic minor over a beat

A beat on the chords of A♭ minor. Play the scale over it on the keyboard above, then open it in the editor and add your melody as its own part.

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Questions about A♭ melodic minor

What notes are in the A♭ melodic minor scale?

A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F and G. Its formula is 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7, counted from the major scale on A♭, and its steps from A♭ up to A♭ are: whole, half, whole, whole, whole, whole, half.

How is A♭ melodic minor different from A♭ minor?

It raises F♭ to F and G♭ to G. The top of the scale then runs like A♭ major, smooth on the way up to A♭.

Melodic minor scale in every key

C melodic minorC♯ melodic minorD melodic minorE♭ melodic minorE melodic minorF melodic minorF♯ melodic minorG melodic minorA♭ melodic minorA melodic minorB♭ melodic minorB melodic minor

More scales on A♭

A♭ major (major scale)G♯ minor (natural minor scale)A♭ major pentatonicG♯ minor pentatonicG♯ bluesG♯ harmonic minorA♭ melodic minorG♯ dorianG♯ phrygianA♭ lydianA♭ mixolydianG♯ locrianG♯ phrygian dominant
Scales and modes
Major and minor keysMajor pentatonic scaleMinor pentatonic scaleBlues scaleHarmonic minor scaleMelodic minor scaleDorian modePhrygian modeLydian modeMixolydian modeLocrian modePhrygian dominant scaleWhole tone scale

Build a song in A♭ melodic minor

Start with the beat, then add chords, a melody and your voice in the editor, part by part.

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