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A♭ Melodic Minor Scale on Piano

The A♭ Melodic Minor scale contains A♭, B♭, B, D♭, E♭, F and G — 7 notes. Every one is marked across three octaves of the keyboard below, labelled with note names and with interval numbers.

  • Root
  • Major 2nd
  • Minor 3rd
  • Perfect 4th
  • Perfect 5th
  • Major 6th
  • Major 7th
A♭ Melodic Minor — 7 notes
Degree 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7
Note A♭ B♭ B D♭ E♭ F G
Interval Root Major 2nd Minor 3rd Perfect 4th Perfect 5th Major 6th Major 7th

Note names

A♭ Melodic Minor scale piano keyboard diagram: every position of A♭, B♭, B, D♭, E♭, F and G across three octaves

Interval numbers

A♭ Melodic Minor scale piano keyboard diagram labelled with interval numbers

Modes

Melodic Minor is not one of the seven major-scale modes.

Triads

i A♭m
ii B♭m
III+ Baug
IV D♭
V E♭
vi°
vii°

7th Chords

i A♭mMaj7
ii B♭m7
III+ Bmaj7♯5
IV D♭7
V E♭7
viø Fm7♭5
viiø Gm7♭5

Circle of fifths

Circle of fifths — A♭ Melodic Minor pianolytics.com C G D A E B F# D♭ A♭ E♭ B♭ F

Smaller scales inside A♭ Melodic Minor

Major Pentatonic D♭
Minor Pentatonic B♭
Dominant Pentatonic (Mixolydian Pentatonic) D♭ E♭
Minor Sixth Pentatonic A♭ B♭

Frequently asked questions

What notes are in the A♭ Melodic Minor scale?

A♭, B♭, B, D♭, E♭, F and G. That is 7 notes.

Which chords go with the A♭ Melodic Minor scale?

The triads built from its own notes: A♭m, B♭m, Baug, D♭, E♭, F° and G°. Those are the chords that will sound consonant over it.

Which smaller scales fit inside the A♭ Melodic Minor scale?

D♭ Major Pentatonic, B♭ Minor Pentatonic, D♭ Dominant Pentatonic (Mixolydian Pentatonic) and A♭ Minor Sixth Pentatonic. Every note of those is also in the A♭ Melodic Minor scale, so they can be played over it.

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