Quote Originally Posted by dancubas View Post
I'm going to reply to my own thread because I figured this out (I think). The exercise would make more sense, in terms of studying, if the I chord was a MinMaj7 as opposed to a Min6 chord. This way everything fits into Harmonic Minor.

(Also, I made a mistake - Locrian applies to the II chord, not the I.)
MinMaj chords including Minor 6 chords are used with tonic Melodic Minor scale ... that is in C ... C D Eb F G A B C ..... major scale with a lowered third