Editing Minor scale (section)

===Uses===
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    \relative c''' {
        \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"violin"
        \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 120
        \key g \dorian
        \time 4/4
        g8^\markup \bold "Allegro"
        f16 es d c bes a g a bes c d e fis g
        fis8[ d]
    }
</score>
|caption = Theme in G melodic minor from the opening of the second concerto in [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]]'s ''[[L'estro armonico]]'' (1711)<ref name=Forte /> Although the piece is in G minor, the key signature is for G [[Dorian mode|Dorian]] (one flat). By convention, in modern notation (and for tonal music written since the [[common-practice period]]), key signatures are typically only based on a major ([[Ionian mode]]) or minor (natural minor or [[Aeolian mode]]) key, not on modes like the Dorian mode.
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Composers have not been consistent in using the two forms of the melodic minor scale. Composers frequently require the lowered 7th degree found in the natural minor in order to avoid the augmented triad (III{{music|aug}}) that arises in the ascending form of the scale.

Examples of the use of melodic minor in [[rock music|rock]] and [[popular music]] include [[Elton John]]'s "[[Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word]]", which makes, "a nod to the common practice... by the use of F{{music|#}} [the [[Leading-tone|leading tone]] in G minor] as the penultimate note of the final [[cadence]]."<ref>{{cite book|last=Stephenson|first=Ken|year=2002|title=What to Listen for in Rock: A Stylistic Analysis|page=41|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=9780300128239}}</ref> [[The Beatles]]' "[[Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday]]" also partly uses the melodic minor scale.{{cn|date=February 2022}}