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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

• Dorian colourthe ♮6 (A#) appears — minor, but hopeful
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (D) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

To solo over it: C# 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.

• IEE Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiF♯mF♯ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiG♯mG♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVAA Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VBB Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viC♯mC♯ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°D♯°D♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• D♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• F♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
• G♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
• A#♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

III–I7–v7–IIIsus2–v7–i7–III7–VI–VII6–IIImaj7–VImaj7–VIImaj7–IIImaj7–i7–IV–III + v7–iv7–III6 ×2 + v7–i7–III7–VImaj7–iv7–VImaj7–VII7–III6–VImaj7–VII7–IIImaj7–i7–IV–III + v7–iv7–III6 ×4 + v7–III

In C# minor: E · C♯7 · G♯m7 · Esus2 · G♯m7 · C♯m7 · E7 · A · B6 · Emaj7 · Amaj7 · Bmaj7 · Emaj7 · C♯m7 · F♯ · E · G♯m7 · F♯m7 · E6 · G♯m7 · C♯m7 · E7 · Amaj7 · F♯m7 · Amaj7 · B7 · E6 · Amaj7 · B7 · Emaj7 · C♯m7 · F♯ · E · G♯m7 · F♯m7 · E6 · G♯m7 · E▶ play in C# minor

Performed key

C♯ minor

Concert key

C♯ minor

Version

Studio

Syncopation

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Sources

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Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus · Transcription

ISRC

USUM70749081

MusicBrainz

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