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C# Melodic Minor Scale

The C# melodic minor scale has a sophisticated, ambiguous quality between major and minor. Used extensively in jazz fusion, it generates important modes like the altered scale and Lydian dominant.

Also known as

  • Db Melodic Minor
  • C# Jazz Minor
  • Db Jazz Minor

Formula

1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7

Notes

C#D#EF#G#A#C

Diatonic Chords

These chords are built from the notes of the C# Melodic Minor scale. Each degree gets a chord based on the intervals stacked above it.

III+ E aug
vi° A# dim
vii° C dim
Explore this scale on the interactive fretboard tool