The Modes of the Melodic Minor – mDecks Music
Discover the melodic minor scale and its seven modes, with practical chord-scale applications for jazz harmony and reharmonization.
This lesson explores the melodic minor in its ascending (jazz) form and details each mode—Dorian b2, Lydian #5, Lydian b7, Mixolydian b13, Locrian nat9, and the Altered—showing chord options and characteristic sounds. It demonstrates real reharmonization techniques and chord-scale choices using examples from standards like Satin Doll, including secondary dominants, sub-V substitutions, and altered dominants. Ideal for improvisers and arrangers, the lesson highlights how these modes function in tonal contexts and how to use them to suggest modulations, color dominant chords, and craft compelling minor and major harmonies.
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