Smart Tool to look up Jazz Scales: the Melodic Minor Modes

Tool to look up all the melodic minor modes in any key.
Grasp the very nature of the melodic minor scales and find out how they are related.
PDF: www.newjazz.dk/xtra/mel_mi_too...
Print out the PDF, cut out the circles and connect the two discs.
How it works: The upper disc shows you all 12 keys. The lower disc shows you all the melodic minor modes. Choose a keynote and a mode, point them together and all the keys of the scale are revealed.
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This tool shows you how the melodic minor modes are related. Each mode are in different degrees of each other: They all contain the same interval pattern, they just have different starting points. Spin the discs and become wiser on the "family" of melodic minor modes...
Other relevant videos:
How to use the melodic minor modes when improvising: • 7 great Jazz scales - ...
Build the Circle of Church Modes: • the TOOL of CHURCH MODES
Learn more about the family of Church Modes: • Modal Theory - The 7 C...
All lessons from NewJazz:
• ALL NewJazz Lessons
The best regards from Oliver Prehn

[@holgermller5361]

This tool is awesome man :) Finally I understand the system of the melodic minor scales. Thanks so much Oliver :) :) :)

[@alexgordon175]

Really appreciate your insight, style and organised approach- Thank you

[@CMM5300]

That's awesome! I'm gonna make one for all the scales and modes. Harmonic minor, harmonic major, Hungarian minor, Hungarian major. Maybe more...

[@KennethGonzalez]

Always a pleasure to see your videos. Very practical advice! :-D

[@theoryman2]

Thanks, great information. You make the complicated simple.

[@ewaryks]

Thanks very, very much , you made me practice hard again!

[@danielcortes6964]

Great idea! Oliver, thanks for share

[@ArgoBeats]

Very handy to have, thank you Oliver!

[@335gerard]

Merci beaucoup pour le partage.

[@AndreBeckner]

What increible tool!. Thank so much.

[@piracycan]

Sir..thanks so much..please do one on diminished improvisation

[@nichttuntun3364]

Great! Thank you :) Endlich mal wieder was basteln :) All the best to you.

[@Bigdrum2]

Jo, und wenn man es fertig gebastelt hat braucht mans nicht mehr, weil mans auswendig kann ;-)). Es is echt cool sich so Zeug auszudenken, weil man quasi nebenbei auch die Struktur und die Zusammenhänge rafft.

[@pavelmirga3362]

Exellent, thank you!

[@mr.fabian8471]

excellent master!!!!

[@mario_israel]

Thanks a lot!!! 🏵

[@augustoalves1028]

Perfect

[@joelnorton9742]

Nice

[@ScryptStudios1]

This is divine knowledge. You sir have just outwitted god himself.

[@juliansolo1825]

Hi Oliver, Thanks for this tutorial!If I can make a little suggestion, make the red notes in the inner circle a bit bigger and more visible on the black notes. I have pinted, laminated and assembled the wheel and it's great but can't see the red on black notes...See you on next tuto ! :)

[@NewJazz]

Thanks for the feedback. I have made the red letters on the black keys more bright now. Is it better? www.newjazz.dk/xtra/mel_mi_tool.pdf Maybe you need to refresh the page with the pdf to see the difference...

[@juliansolo1825]

Hi Olivier, yes it is a bit better.I've noticed that I can't see well the red on black because I laminated it so I will make the wheel again but only with paper. :)Thanks!!

[@FrankDeruyck]

O I see, the "V" mark, thanks very nice!

[@NewJazz]

Great :)

[@andrewsilver7048]

You should make some out of wood and sell them 😂

[@NewJazz]

I don't think they will appear very nice :) I will just stick to the music LOL :)

[@p0wernirk]

Great answer! :D

[@CMM5300]

Did you make this wheel for other scales already?

[@NewJazz]

Yes, a subscriber "Uwe" redesigned the disc and made these similar tools represented in this lesson: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGLCiYiXd9dqbsk There is a separate tool for the Major, Melodic minor, Harmonic minor and Harmonic Major Modes. Uwe also created a single multi tool containing all the modes mentioned above. The multi tool is presented in this lesson: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmLbhWSViKuJZrs Best regards from Oliver

[@FrankDeruyck]

How do you know where to put the blue dot?

[@NewJazz]

Each mode is pointed out by all the other modes on the lower disc. At each mode there is a V-arrow. Best regards Oliver

[@kukumuniu5658]

The difference between scales is not just the difference between the root note. For example,c ionian and d dorian share the same notes BUT what sets them apart is not the tonic c or d. What makes them different is characteristic notes/degrees. In other words,unique for ionian scale are 4 and 7 degree (in the context of tonic,note c). So,it is c + f and b Unique for dorian scale are 3 and 6 degree (in the context of tonic,note d). d+ f and b. F and B are the same in dorian and ionian BUT in c ionian, f&b create quart and seventh interval with note c and in d dorian,f&b create third and sixth interval with note d. Same notes but other intervals :) f&b are characteristic notes for almost all scales in the key of C major BEWARE!!! Except from the rule are lydian and locrian In f lydian b&e are characteristic notes in locrian c&f :)

[@kukumuniu5658]

Which notes are characteristic for A Melodic Minor and his Modes?

[@NewJazz]

Hi :) This tool is about the melodic minor modes and not the church modes. The circle of church modes we make in another video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3vdaoF8m7yBY6s But you are so right - it's all about looking at the differens and the characteristics of the single modes. You ask about the ascending Melodic Minor mode - what are the characteristics? Try to look up for example the A melodic minor mode: Turn the upper disc so the a-note and the ascending melodic minor scale point together. Then we discover that the notes in the A melodic minor scale are a-b-c-d-e-f#-g#. So the ascending melodi minor scale starts as a natural minor scale but ends up as a major scale. Or the scale is almost like a Major scale except the third step which are a minor interval instead of a Major interval. I hope this was useful to you, and again thanks for your input :) Best regards Oliver

[@kukumuniu5658]

Honestly? English language is the hardest music is most difficult in English for me ;D Melodic,harmonic,natural...but double harmonic is still there and how to figure it out(in english)? This is a real challenge :D

[@luboetr]

Hi, do you have and harmonic minor circle? :-)

[@NewJazz]

The harmonic minor circle is uploaded to my website in PDF format: www.newjazz.dk/xtra/mel_mi_tool.pdf

[@luboetr]

NewJazz this link is on melodic minor :)

[@NewJazz]

Ups - sorry. I was reading "melodic". I have not yet made a circle with harmonic minor. It could be very interesting to do that at some point...

[@luboetr]

NewJazz great lessons btw, you are nice person ! :-) Thanks for sharing knowledge with us.

[@rammcomusic]

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