Des Melodic Minor Scale
The Des Melodic Minor scale contains 7 notes: Des, Es, Fes, Ges, As, B, C.
Des Melodic Minor scale on the piano
Keskeiset tiedot
- Scale type
- Melodic Minor
- Number of notes
- 7
- Kaava
- W–H–W–W–W–W–H
What is the Melodic Minor scale?
Melodic minor is the natural minor scale with both the sixth and seventh raised. It smooths out the wide leap of harmonic minor while keeping the strong leading tone. Classical practice lowers both notes again on the way down; jazz keeps the ascending form throughout.
Des Melodic Minor is a scale, not a key. It has no key signature of its own — music that uses it is normally written in the key signature of its parent scale, with any extra accidentals added as they occur.
Scale degrees of Des Melodic Minor
| Sävelaste | Sävel | Intervalli | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | Es | M2 | 2 |
| 3 | Fes | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | Ges | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | As | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | B | M6 | 9 |
| 7 | C | M7 | 11 |
Chords in Des Melodic Minor
These are the triads built on each degree of Des Melodic Minor using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on Des
Every scale type that starts on Des, for comparison.
- D♭ major
- Des Dorian
- Des Phrygian
- Des Lydian
- Des Mixolydian
- Des Locrian
- Des Harmonic Minor
- Des Harmonic Major
- Des Hungarian Minor
- Des Phrygian Dominant
- Des Lydian Dominant
- Des Major Pentatonic
- Des Minor Pentatonic
- Des Blues
- Des Whole Tone
- Des Chromatic
- Des Half-Whole Diminished
- Des Whole-Half Diminished
- Des Bebop Dominant
- Des Bebop Major
Melodic Minor in every key
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What notes are in the Des Melodic Minor scale?
The Des Melodic Minor scale has 7 notes: Des, Es, Fes, Ges, As, B, C.
What is the formula for the Des Melodic Minor scale?
The Des Melodic Minor scale follows the step pattern W–H–W–W–W–W–H, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
What chords are in the Des Melodic Minor scale?
The triads built from the Des Melodic Minor scale are Desm, Esm, Fesaug, Ges, As, Bdim, Cdim.
