View D Aeolian Natural Minor Scale Ascending UK. (redirected from ascending melodic minor scale). Its ascending interval form consists of a key note, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step.
Usually, melodic minor is used only when ascending.
Natural minor scale using solfege. So assuming octave note 8 has been played in the step above, the notes now descend back. A palindromic scale has the same pattern of intervals both ascending and descending. The natural minor scale is related to a major scale because it shares the same key signature as a major scale.