View D Natural Minor Ascending US. It also shows the scale degree names for all 8 notes. To build a d natural minor scale, starting on d, we take a whole step to e.
Remember, the melodic minor is only used on the ascending scale.
…that differs from its descending form (the a natural minor scale) Notice that the c natural minor scale has three flats. That its sixth and seventh degrees (f and g): A ascending melodic minor (f#, g#):