Gb Melodic Minor
Gb Melodic Minor scale for bass guitar presented by diagram.
The G flat Melodic Minor displayed as fingerboard diagram for bass. The notes are marked in blue color, root notes in darker shade. The one-octave pattern starts on the 4th string, 2nd fret.
Gb Melodic Minor one octave
Gb Melodic Minor full fretboard
Gb Melodic Minor with note names
The scale displayed with its numeric formula and scale degrees.
| Formula | Notes | Intervals | Degrees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gb | Unison | Tonic |
| 2 | Ab | Major second | Supertonic |
| b3 | Bbb | Minor third | Mediant |
| 4 | Cb | Perfect fourth | Subdominant |
| 5 | Db | Perfect fifth | Dominant |
| 6 | Eb | Sixth | Submediant |
| 7 | F | Major seventh | Subtonic |
Bbb is equivalent to A, Cb is equivalent to B. In scale notation, the same note letter should not be included twice, if it can be avoided.
The G flat Melodic Minor consists of seven notes. It can be described in steps as a formula of distances written as whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, whole step, step from the root to the next root note.
It is identical with Gb Natural Minor apart from the sixth and major seventh intervals.
G flat Melodic Minor scale starting on E-string:
G flat Melodic Minor scale starting on A-string:
The numbers above the tablatures are suggested fingerings.