Section: Melodic Minor Harmony

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The modes of the melodic minor scale are some of the richest sounds in jazz harmony. It is in fact quite remarkable how radically these colors differ from those of the scales discussed thus far, which, except for the blues scale, are largely based on the major scale. Learning these scales, particular the lydian dominant, altered, and locrian #2 scales, can add a great deal of harmonic variety to your playing.

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Section: Melodic Minor Harmony