Ab Melodic Minor Scale

Ab Melodic Minor Scale notes: Ab Bb Cb Db Eb F G. Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 7. Chords in this scale: Abm, Bbm, Cbaug, Db, Eb, Fdim, Gdim.

Melodic minor (the jazz version, same going up and down) is a major scale with a flat third: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 7. It sounds smooth, modern and a little mysterious. Jazz players use it over minor chords with a major seventh, and its modes give two essential jazz sounds: Lydian dominant and the altered scale.