Melodic Minor Guitar

Mel Bay Publications
Level : Intermediate-Advanced

Melodic Minor Guitar will help you learn fingerings for the melodic minor scale while discovering the magical Augmented Major 7th chord and arpeggio that is found within it. Scale and arpeggio fingering positions are coordinated in a way that will simplify things and have you making music in no time at all. Modes and chords of the melodic minor scale are explained along with written examples that demonstrate melodic ideas over common chord progressions.
You will also find an entire solo written on the changes of a popular jazz standard, plus many colorful chord voicings derived from the melodic minor scale.

Chapter 1 - Examining the melodic minor scale
Chapter 2 - One Step At a Time
Chapter 3 - Improvising on Common Chord Progressions
Chapter 4- Melodic Minor Chord Voicings
Chapter 5 - Melodic Minor Scale in Twelve Keys