Talkin' New York

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (G) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

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.

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

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

• G♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• C♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.

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

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Sources

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ISRC

USSM16101360

MusicBrainz

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