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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

• Melodic minor riseboth the ♮6 (B) and the raised 7th (Db) appear — the smoothed climb home
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (Eb) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

To solo over it: D 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.

• IFF Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiGmG Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiAmA Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVB♭B♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VCC Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viDmD Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°E°E Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• Eb♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• Gb♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
• B♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.
• Db♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

i–VI–vii–VII–III–VI–i–VI–VII–III–VI + V–I–IV–III ×2 + V–IV–III–V–I–IV–III + i–VI–VII–III–VI ×2 + i–VI–vii–III–VI–i–VI–VII–III–VI–i–I + V–IV–III ×4 + VI–V–VI–VII + i–VI–VII–III–VI ×2 + V + IV–III–v ×2 + IV–III–V–v–IV–III–V + I–♯III–VI ×4 + i–VI–VII–III–VI ×2

In D minor: Dm · B♭ · Cm · C · F · B♭ · Dm · B♭ · C · F · B♭ · A · D · G · F · A · G · F · A · D · G · F · Dm · B♭ · C · F · B♭ · Dm · B♭ · Cm · F · B♭ · Dm · B♭ · C · F · B♭ · Dm · D · A · G · F · B♭ · A · B♭ · C · Dm · B♭ · C · F · B♭ · A · G · F · Am · G · F · A · Am · G · F · A · D · F♯ · B♭ · Dm · B♭ · C · F · B♭▶ play in D minor

Performed key

D minor

Concert key

D minor

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ISRC

AUSM09800060

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