9 Crimes

Damien Rice

F minor73 bpm4/43:39★★★★★ 4 chords · plain triads · 4 accidentals in the key
73 bpm4/bar
all measured notes
C5
6
D♯6
E♯7
F1
G2
3
A♯3
B♭5
C5
6
D♯6
E♯7
F1
G2
3
A♯3
B♭5
1 · fundamental2nd3rd5th6thoutside the key
all measured notes
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♯7123♯3♭556♯6♯7
♭556♯6♯7123♯3♭5
23♯3♭556♯6♯712
♯6♯7123♯3♭556♯6
♯3♭556♯6♯7123♯3
♯7123♯3♭556♯6♯7
1 · fundamental2nd3rd5th6thoutside the key

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or

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

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

  • ♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
  • ♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
  • ♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.
  • ♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

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

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Press a chord to hear it.

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In F minor: · · · · · · · · · · ·

1 barsin F minor
26 barsin F minor
×13
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2 barsHalf cadencein F minor
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36 barsin F minor
×18
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3 barsin F minor
Performed key
F minor
Concert key
F minor
Version
Studio
Key cross-validatedBPM conflictingMeter single-sourceChords single-source
Sources
spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm
Method
Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription
ISRC
IEABD0600100
MusicBrainz
f38af6cf-4562-4d38-b1e8-837b0d711211
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