1.0Seymour Duncanhttps://www.seymourduncan.comDave Eichenbergerhttps://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/author/dave-eichenbergerChords of the Melodic Minor Scale - Seymour Duncanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VoW8csGuiR"><a href="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/the-players-room/chords-of-the-melodic-minor-scale">Chords of the Melodic Minor Scale</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/the-players-room/chords-of-the-melodic-minor-scale/embed#?secret=VoW8csGuiR" width="600" height="338" title="“Chords of the Melodic Minor Scale” — Seymour Duncan" data-secret="VoW8csGuiR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.seymourduncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/johnnymac.jpg500232Scales by themselves are not much more than finger exercises. However, you can unlock the sound of each and every scale by learning to use what chords to use them over. The secret to this arcane knowledge is in the scale itself. This article focuses on a very popular but certainly very strange sounding scale, the melodic minor, and how we can figure out some chords to play behind our rockin’ solos.