Jazz Guitar lesson: G Melodic Minor

It's useful for lots of dominant type chords. Here's a list of the modes and the chord type they're used over.

mel min: m(maj7)
mode 2 dorian b2: m7(b9)
mode 3 lydian aug: maj7#5
mode 4 lydian dom: dom7#11
mode 5 mixo b6: dom7b13
mode 6 locrian nat 2: m9b5
mode 7 altered: dom7alt

It really becomes a matter of knowing where to start the scale to generate the mode you want, over the specific chord.

When do u ever use this scale? It's the only scale I don't know. I'm new to jazz... only been playing jazz for two years. I know you can play it over altered dominant chords. Like for F7#9... you play F# melodic minor. Thats all i got out of a master class when this sax player talked about it. This scale just sounds like crap to me for some reason.

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I thinks you have to be really careful with your lines if you use it as a modal scale when the rhythm sections is not always playing with 6 and 7 instead of b6 and b7. I prefer playing this sounds in a harmonic context using different related scales for example on B7 in D.

wierd shit man... i prefer harmonic minor personally but I listen to darker music... I appreciate the vid though. its good to know

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melodic minor. not natural.

No. This is the MELODIC minor, i.e. #6 & #7 (when ascending... but I think that jazz musicians play it that way up and down... so it's really the Jazz minor.)
You're describing the natural minor.

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Lol he's such a gimp '1.55 - with my pinky'