What are the Melodic Minor Modes?

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After finishing my series on the major modes, I thought I'd put together a video walking through the 7 modes of the melodic minor scale as a sort of epilogue. There were a few scales that I couldn't find video game examples of, so I had to make my own. Hope you enjoy it!

0:00 - What is a Mode?
2:00 - What is the Melodic Minor Scale?
3:33 - Melodic Minor Scale in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
4:33 - The Dorian b2 Scale
5:23 - The Lydian Augmented Scale
6:15 - The Lydian Dominant Scale
8:19 - The Mixolydian b6 Scale
9:58 - The Locrian #2 Scale
10:58 - The Altered Scale
12:48 - Outro

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