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C melodic minor scale on guitar

C melodic minor has 7 notes: C, D, E♭, F, G, A, B.

C melodic minor: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteCDE♭FGAB
Degree12♭34567
Step2122221

C melodic minor on the whole neck

Every C melodic minor note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

C melodic minor scale, note names, frets 0 to 15F2G2A2B2C3D3Eb3F3G3A2B2C3D3Eb3F3G3A3B3C4D3Eb3F3G3A3B3C4D4Eb4F4G3A3B3C4D4Eb4F4G4A4B3C4D4Eb4F4G4A4B4C5D5F4G4A4B4C5D5Eb5F5G56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • C melodic minor
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C melodic minor scale, degrees, frets 0 to 15456712b3456712b3456712b3456712b3456712b3456712b3456712456712b3456E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • C melodic minor
Degrees

C melodic minor in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a C falls on a string, with the notes its scale run fingers there.

C melodic minor, position 1, frets 1 to 5456712b3456712b34566E25A24D33G32B31E4012345
    Position 1: frets 1–5, 17 notes
    C melodic minor, position 2, frets 3 to 756712b3456712b345676E25A24D33G32B31E434567
      Position 2: frets 3–7, 17 notes
      C melodic minor, position 3, frets 5 to 96712b3456712b3456716E25A24D33G32B31E456789
        Position 3: frets 5–9, 17 notes
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        C melodic minor, position 4, frets 8 to 1212b3456712b3456712b36E25A24D33G32B31E489101112
          Position 4: frets 8–12, 17 notes
          C melodic minor, position 5, frets 10 to 142b3456712b3456712b346E25A24D33G32B31E41011121314
            Position 5: frets 10–14, 17 notes

            Triads in C melodic minor

            DegreeChordPages
            1CmC minor arpeggio
            2DmD minor arpeggio
            ♭3E♭augE♭ augmented arpeggio
            4FF major arpeggio
            5GG major arpeggio
            6AdimA diminished arpeggio
            7BdimB diminished arpeggio

            Seventh chords in C melodic minor

            DegreeChordPages
            1Cm(maj7)Cm(maj7) arpeggio
            2Dm7Dm7 arpeggio · Dm7 drop 2 · Dm7 drop 3 · Dm7 drop 2 and 4
            ♭3E♭–
            4F7F7 arpeggio · F7 drop 2 · F7 drop 3 · F7 drop 2 and 4
            5G7G7 arpeggio · G7 drop 2 · G7 drop 3 · G7 drop 2 and 4
            6Am7♭5Am7♭5 arpeggio · Am7♭5 drop 2 · Am7♭5 drop 3 · Am7♭5 drop 2 and 4
            7Bm7♭5Bm7♭5 arpeggio · Bm7♭5 drop 2 · Bm7♭5 drop 3 · Bm7♭5 drop 2 and 4

            Same notes, other names

            These scales use exactly the notes of C melodic minor, starting from another root.

            Melodic minor in every key

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