Reckoner

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or ▶ play the scale

• Melodic minor riseboth the ♮6 (C#) and the raised 7th (D#) appear — the smoothed climb home

To solo over it: E minor pentatonic fits everywhere. Open in the workbench →

Same seven notes as the key — each mode just treats a different one as home. The mode on a degree is the scale that fits the chord on that degree.

• IGG Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiAmA Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiBmB Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVCC Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VDD Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viEmE Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°F♯°F♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or ▶ play the run

• G#♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
• C#♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.
• D#♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

Chords carrying them: C♯ ← A · D♯ ← B, B/D♯ · G♯ ← E/G♯

Measured against E minor — everything else played fits the scale.

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

VI–i–VII–VI–i ×6 + VI–i–VII–IV + VI–i–VII–VI–i ×4 + VI–i–VII–IV + I–i–iv–VI–V–VI–iv–V ×2 + VI–i–VII–VI–i ×3 + VI–i–VII–IV + i–VI ×2 + i–v + VI–i ×2 + VI

In E minor: C · Em · D · C · Em · C · Em · D · A · C · Em · D · C · Em · C · Em · D · A · E · Em · Am · C · B · C · Am · B · C · Em · D · C · Em · C · Em · D · A · Em · C · Em · Bm · C · Em · C▶ play in E minor

Performed key

E minor

Concert key

E minor

Version

Studio

Feel

Straight

Sources

spotify

Method

Cross-source consensus · Transcription

Review

Needs review