One Summer Day

Joe Hisaishi

F minor162 bpm3:10
162 bpm4/bar
C5
6
D
E
F1
G2
3
A
B♭5
C5
6
D
E
F1
G2
3
A
B♭5
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E A D G B E · first 12 frets

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or

Nothing measured outside plain natural minor — the key really does tell the whole story here.

To solo over it: F 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.

  • IA♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
  • iiB♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
  • iiiC Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
  • IVD♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
  • VE♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
  • viF Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
  • vii°G Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or

  • ♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.

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

Version
Studio
Meter unverified
Sources
spotify · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz
ISRC
JPTK00103540
MusicBrainz
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