Originally Posted by: Badlands53Wouldn't that be the harmonic minor scale just without the 2 and b6. Haven't tried it but I bet it sounds pretty good.

Yeah that's one way of looking at it. Melodic minor too and if you don't flat the 7th in a descending run, Jazz Melodic minor. IMO it's always good to have a leading tone when it comes to melody writting (solos, licks). The b7 is good for bluesier soloing. However in rock, jazz and any other styles that don't have a downish feel to it; the raised 7th is really cool.

Basics - don't know man :confused: