melodic minor scale

British  

noun

1. music a minor scale modified from the natural by the sharpening of the sixth and seventh when taken in ascending order and the restoration of their original pitches when taken in descending order Compare minor harmonic minor scale

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Example Sentences

In the melodic minor scale, the sixth and seventh notes of the scale are each raised by one half step when going up the scale, but return to the natural minor when going down the scale.

From Literature

Rewrite each scale from Figure 4.18 as an ascending and descending melodic minor scale.

From Literature

While the notes are identical in both, the effect upon the ear is different, according to the starting note, just as the descending melodic minor scale is de facto the same as the relative major scale, but not in its effect.

From Project Gutenberg

The melodic minor scale substitutes a tone one half-step higher than six as well as one a half-step higher than seven, but this change is made in the ascending scale only, the descending scale being like the primitive form.

From Project Gutenberg