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B♭ melodic minor scale

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

Make a beat in B♭ minor

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

The notes of B♭ melodic minor

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

B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G A B♭

CFGAB♭D♭E♭B♭
The notes of B♭ melodic minor scale by scale degree
DegreeNoteFrom the root
1B♭Root
2CMajor second
♭3D♭Minor third
4E♭Perfect fourth
5FPerfect fifth
6GMajor sixth
7AMajor seventh

How B♭ melodic minor is built

The B♭ minor scale with G♭ raised to G and A♭ raised to A. Its top half then runs like B♭ major, smooth on the way up. Classical music plays it that way going up and plays B♭ 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 B♭ 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 B♭ major scale: capitals are major, small letters minor.

iB♭miiCm♭III+D♭augIVE♭VFvi°Gdimvii°Adim

Play B♭ melodic minor over a beat

A beat on the chords of B♭ 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 B♭ melodic minor

What notes are in the B♭ melodic minor scale?

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

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

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

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 B♭

B♭ major (major scale)B♭ minor (natural minor scale)B♭ major pentatonicB♭ minor pentatonicB♭ bluesB♭ harmonic minorB♭ melodic minorB♭ dorianB♭ phrygianB♭ lydianB♭ mixolydianA♯ locrianB♭ 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 B♭ melodic minor

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

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