The grey coloured fingerings represent the fingerings for descending melodic minor – follow the black and white fingerings for ascending and replace the same ones with grey fingerings for descending. Please note that the scales here are not arranged by order of difficulty, but rather in a chronological order. Of course, if you have only been playing harmonic minor in the previous grades, this may be a bit overwhelming (you are required to learn all 12 melodic minor scales for grade 6), so it is always better to start learning them 1-2 grades earlier (after you have mastered the harmonic minor scales, to avoid confusion). So this is a compilation of all melodic minor scales. However, from grade 6 onwards, students are required to play melodic minor for their exams. Both of these scales have a key signature of two flats. G minor is the relative minor of the B flat major scale. This means that if we are playing G melodic minor scale, our piece will be in the key of G (natural) minor.

I usually encourage students to choose harmonic minor as it is easier to learn and remember the fingering and notes (you do not need to remember 2 different sets of notes and fingering for ascending and descending). The melodic minor scale is heard in pieces that are in a minor key. See B (musical note) and Musical note#Note names and their history for explanations.For grades 1 to 5, students are given a choice of playing either harmonic or melodic minor scales. Natural B is called B by Swedish jazz and pop musicians, but still denoted H in classical music. Since the 1990s, B-flat is often denoted Bb or 'Bess' instead of B in Swedish music textbooks. In Germany, Russia, Poland and Scandinavia, this pitch is designated B, with 'H' used to designate the B- natural. While orchestras tune to an A provided by the oboist, wind ensembles usually tune to a B-flat provided by a tuba, horn, or clarinet. The B flat Harmonic Minor scale is a diatonic scale starting and ending on B flat. See pitch (music) for a discussion of historical variations in frequency.

When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 Hz, the frequency of the B ♭ above middle C is approximately 466.164 Hz. B-flat is also enharmonic to C (C-double flat). It lies a diatonic semitone above A and a chromatic semitone below B, thus being enharmonic to A ♯, even though in some musical tunings, B ♭ will have a different sounding pitch than A ♯. B ♭ ( B-flat), or, in some European countries, B, is the eleventh step of the Western chromatic scale (starting from C).

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