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E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Harmonic minorthe V chord is major (E) — its third is the raised 7th (G#), pulling home
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (A#) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

To solo over it: A 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.

• ICC Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiDmD Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiEmE Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVFF Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VGG Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viAmA Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°B°B Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• A#♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• C#♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
• G#♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

I–i–VII–vii–i + I–VI–I–V–i–VII ×2 + VI–V–i–VII ×3 + VI–I + V–VI–III–V–i–vii–VI–III ×3 + V–i–VII–VI ×7 + V–VI–III–V–i–VI–III ×2 + V–I–VII–I–VI–I–V–I–i–I–VII–I–VI–I + V–VI–III–V–i–VI–III ×3 + V–VI–III–V–i–vii–VI–III + V–VI–VII–i ×2 + V–VI–III–VII–i–V–VI–VII + III–i–III–VI–vi–III–iv–i–III–VI–vi ×2 + III

In A minor: A · Am · G · Gm · Am · A · F · A · E · Am · G · F · E · Am · G · F · A · E · F · C · E · Am · Gm · F · C · E · Am · G · F · E · F · C · E · Am · F · C · E · A · G · A · F · A · E · A · Am · A · G · A · F · A · E · F · C · E · Am · F · C · E · F · C · E · Am · Gm · F · C · E · F · G · Am · E · F · C · G · Am · E · F · G · C · Am · C · F · Fm · C · Dm · Am · C · F · Fm · C▶ play in A minor

Performed key

A minor

Concert key

A minor

Version

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Sources

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Method

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ISRC

GBCVT0100015

MusicBrainz

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