The Melodic Minor is an interesting one, with loads of use in Jazz.
View the full lesson at The Melodic Minor | JustinGuitar
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OK melodic minor going up, natural minor going down…
I guess the accompanying chords (is this even diatonic anymore…) depend on movement in the melody then?
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Taking time out to catch up on some PMT today and resumed where I left off, at the Natural minor scale. Getting to this lesson I have had to rewind the ascending scale several times, as it did not seem to match the suggested fingering diagram.
What I was not seeing, was Justin fretting the 4th fret of the e string and then noticed he was actually playing the G# on the B string 9th fret. So only the A and B on the e string.
This does actually make sense, given the Melodic UP Natural DOWN, as your hands are positioned nicely to lead into descending the Natural Minor when starting with the Root on the e with the index finger.
Horses for course I guess and both fingerings work. But just thought I would point it out, in case anyone else gets confused between the lesson diagrams and what Justin is actually playing.
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