SCALE REFERENCE

C Melodic Minor

C – D – E♭ – F – G – A – B1 2 b3 4 5 6 7

Minor with a raised 6th and 7th — a minor tonic with a major-scale top half. In jazz it is used ascending and descending both.

Notes & degrees
C1D2E♭b3F4G5A6B7
NotesC, D, Eb, F, G, A, B
StepsW – H – W – W – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledJazz Minor
Piano
CDFGABE♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGABCDE♭BBCDE♭FGABGGABCDE♭FGDDE♭FGABCDAABCDE♭FGAEFGABCDE♭

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AABCDE♭FGAEFGABCDE♭CCDE♭FGABCGGABCDE♭FG

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iCmCm(maj7)
iiDmDm7
♭III+E♭augE♭maj7♯5
IVFF7
VGG7
vi°AdimAm7♭5
vii°BdimBm7♭5

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

iCmiiDm♭III+E♭augIVFVGvi°Adimvii°Bdim
Other scales on C

Core scales & modes

C MajorC Natural MinorC Harmonic MinorC DorianC PhrygianC LydianC MixolydianC Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

C Major PentatonicC Minor PentatonicC BluesC Major Blues

Jazz & altered

C Harmonic MajorC Phrygian DominantC Lydian DominantC AlteredC Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

C Whole ToneC Diminished (Whole–Half)C Diminished (Half–Whole)C Augmented Scale

World & exotic

C Hungarian MinorC Double Harmonic MajorC Neapolitan Minor
Melodic Minor on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.