mikedodge

Obviously there's a lot of info that could be covered using this scale. This is just a little exercise I came up with years ago that will get you playing through the 4-note arpeggio's found in the scale. Hope it's of use.

These are two very basic but common patterns people learn for the Melodic Minor scale.

Pattern 1:

E-----------------------------------------4--5--
B-----------------------------------5--7--------
G--------------------------4--5--7--------------
D-----------------4--6--7-----------------------
A-----------5--7--------------------------------
E--5--7--8--------------------------------------

Pattern 2:

E-------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------7--9--10--
G---------------------------------7--9------------
D--------------------6--7--9--10------------------
A-----------5--7--9-------------------------------
E--5--7--8----------------------------------------

Below is the exercise I use to take me through all of the "7-type chord" arpeggio's found in this scale. It's based out of Pattern 2.

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4-note Arpeggio Exercise using Pattern 2:

Ascending

   Am/M7         Bm7            CMaj#5         D7             E7             F#m7b5        G#m7b5           Am/M7
E--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
B--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------7--|--9------------|
G--------------|--------------|--------------|--5-----------|-----------7--|--9--5--------|--------7-----|-----9---------|
D-----------6--|--7-----------|--------6--9--|-----7--------|-----6--9-----|--------7-----|--6--9--------|--------10--7--|
A--------7-----|-----9--5-----|-----7--------|--------9--5--|--7-----------|-----------9--|--------------|---------------|
E--5--8--------|-----------7--|--8-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|


Descending


   Am/M7           G#m7b5         F#m7b5        E7              D7             Cmaj7#5       Bm7            Am/M7
E---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B------------9--|--7-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G---------9-----|-----7--------|--------5--9--|--7-----------|-----------5--|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D--7--10--------|--------9--6--|-----7--------|-----9--6-----|--------7-----|--9--6--------|-----------7--|--6-----------|
A---------------|--------------|--9-----------|-----------7--|--5--9--------|--------7-----|-----5--9-----|-----7--------|
E---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------8--|--7-----------|--------8--5--|