The Melodic Minor course is designed for players who want to internalize the scale and its derivative harmonies beyond simply learning shapes and fingerings. The course explores its sounds, functions, harmony and practical applications over familiar chords. Through modal playing, dominant and altered sounds, exploration of upper structure triads, arpeggios, and chord movement, you’ll develop a clear framework for applying the melodic minor in real musical situations with grace, confidence, control and musical direction.
Course Highlights
What you will learn
You will learn the melodic minor scale formulas, five positions, thirds, scale functions, ear training, CAGED lift concepts, harmonic applications, triadic harmony, diatonic 7th chords, vertical and horizontal triads, horizontal 7th chords, hybrid picking, position merging through the Rosenwinkel Crab, and parallel modal exploration. The course also covers melodic minor modal demonstrations, Lydian dominant sounds, altered scale applications, fluidity and harmonic orientation, sequential intervallic structures, modal arpeggios, arpeggio cascades, chord compendium work, upper structures, drop 2 exercises, and II7–V7alt–I–VI7alt movement, giving you a clear way to turn melodic minor from a scale into a complete harmonic and melodic system.
Full lesson preview: Lesson 29, A7 Lydian Dominant Modal Demonstration #1
Lessons
02. Scale Formulas (1m 12s)
03. 5 Positions Of Melodic Minor (2m 55s)
04. Thirds (3m 39s)
05. Scale Functions (2m 39s)
06. Scale Functions Ear Training String 5 (0m 20s)
07. The CAGED Lift (2m 41s)
08. Harmonic Applications (5m 05s)
09. Melodic Minor Triadic Harmony (2m 22s)
10. Melodic Minor Diatonic Harmony 7th Chords (1m 31s)
11. Melodic Minor Diatonic Triads – Vertical (0m 31s)
12. Melodic Minor Diatonic Triads Vertical 1 Up 1 Down (0m 29s)
13. Melodic Minor Diatonic 7th Chords – Vertical (0m 35s)
14. Melodic Minor Diatonic 7th Chords Vertical 1 Up 1 Down (0m 32s)
15. Melodic Minor Diatonic Triads – Vertical String 5 (0m 24s)
16. Melodic Minor Diatonic Triads Vertical – String 5 1 Up 1 Down 1 (0m 24s)
17. Melodic Minor Diatonic 7th Chords Vertical – String 5 (0m 27s)
18. Melodic Minor Diatonic 7th Chords Vertical – String 5 1 Up 1 Down (0m 26s)
19. The 3 Fingerings of playing a Triad (1m 21s)
20. Horizontal Triads String 6, 5 & 4 (1m 06s)
21. Diatonic 7th Chords – Horizontal (0m 51s)
22. Hybrid Picking (1m 50s)
23. The Rosenwinkel Crab and Position Merging (4m 40s)
24. The Rosenwinkel Crab 2 (1m 15s)
25. Parallel Modal Exploration (2m 18s)
26. A Melodic Minor Modal Demonstration (0m 56s)
27. A Melodic Minor Modal Demonstration #2 (0m 29s)
28. A Melodic Minor Modal Demonstration #3 (0m 35s)
29. A7 Lydian Dominant Modal Demonstration (0m 32s)
30. A7 Lydian Dominant Modal Demonstration #2 (1m 08s)
31. A7 Altered Scale Modal Demonstration (0m 33s)
32. A7 Altered Scale Modal Demonstration #2 (0m 28s)
33. D Melodic Minor Modal Exploration (0m 33s)
34. D7 Lydian Dominant Modal Demonstration (0m 57s)
35. D7 Altered Scale Modal Demonstration (0m 42s)
36. D7 Altered Scale Modal Demonstration #2 (0m 40s)
37. Fluidity Breakdown and Harmonic Orientation (4m 10s)
38. Sequential Intervalic Structure (4m 00s)
39. Modal Arpeggios Breakdown (1m 33s)
40. Modal Arpeggios taken through ‘The Lift’ Exercise (0m 43s)
41. Modal Arpeggio Cascades (2m 13s)
42. Chord Compendium (0m 52s)
43. Understanding Uperstructures (4m 40s)
44. Understanding Uperstructures Part 2 (4m 31s)
45. Melodic Minor Diatonic Harmony Drop 2 Exercise (1m 19s)
46. II7 V7Alt I VI7Alt (1m 01s)
47. II7 V7Alt I VI7Alt #2 (1m 09s)
48. II7 V7Alt I VI7Alt #3 (0m 26s)
49. II7 V7Alt I VI7Alt #4 (0m 25s)
50. Outro (1m 55s)
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