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61.89What melodic minor really gives us
Not seven new scales to memorize.
It gives us:
- minor tonic with 6 and 7
- dominant with ♯11
- fully altered dominant
- more melodic half-diminished color
- a unified way to understand several sounds we already use
That is enough.