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I've never quite understood why you learn a melodic minor as being different depending on if it's ascending or descending. Are there examples of this in music?

I've never quite understood why you learn a melodic minor as being different depending on if it's ascending or descending. Are there examples of this in music? Or is it just something invented to test young pianists in exams?

spurgu 10y ago
That's only in classical music. Jazzers play "pure" melodic minor both up and down.