D Melodic Minor Scale

The melodic minor raises both the 6th and 7th ascending, then reverts to natural minor descending. Heavy use in jazz improvisation.

Scale notes

1
D
2
E
3
F
4
G
5
A
6
B
7
C#
8
D

Interval pattern: W - H - W - W - W - W - H (W = whole step, H = half step)

Keyboard view

DEFGABDEFGC#C#

Diatonic chords

The chords built on each scale degree. These are the chords that "belong" to d melodic minor scale.

ii
Em
III+
Faug
IV
G
V
A
vi°
Bdim
vii°
C#dim

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