High Hopes

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 (A) and the raised 7th (B) appear — the smoothed climb home
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (Db) — 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.

• IE♭E♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiFmF Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiGmG Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVA♭A♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VB♭B♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viCmC 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

• Db♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• E♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
• Gb♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
• A♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.
• B♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

IIsus2–♯iii7–VII6–ii–v7–IIsus2–Isus2–ii7–i7 + VI–I ×3 + VI–i7–VI–iv7–i7–VI–i7–VI6–i7–VI–i–VImaj7–iv7 + iiø7–Isus2–V7–i7–VI6 ×2 + i7–VI–i7–VI6–i7–VI–iiø7–i–v7–iv7–IIIsus2–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i–v7–iv7–IIIsus2–IVsus4–Isus4–v7 + i7–VI6 ×2 + i7–VImaj7–iv7–iiø7–Isus2–VI6–iiø7–Isus2–V7–♯iii–IVmaj7–♯viiø7–IV6–♯IIIsus2–♯VI7–♯iii–♯viiø7–♯iii–ii6–IV–ii7–IVmaj7–♯iii–IVmaj7–♯viiø7–IVmaj7 + i7–VImaj7 ×2 + i7–iv7–i7–VI + i7–VImaj7 ×2 + iiø7–i + v7–iv7–VII–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i7 ×2 + v7–iv7–VII–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i–IIImaj7–iv7–IIIsus2–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i7–IIImaj7–iv7–VII6–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i–IIImaj7–iv7–VII–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i–v7–iv7–VII–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i7–v7–iv7–i7–VII6–i7–iv7–i–IIImaj7–VI6–VII–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i–IIImaj7–VI6–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i–v7–VI6–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i7–IIImaj7–i7–VImaj7–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i–IIImaj7–VI6–VII6–i7–iv7–i–v7–VI6–IVsus4–i7–iv7–i7–v7–VI6–VII–IVsus4–i7–iv7

In C minor: Dsus2 · Em7 · B♭6 · Dm · Gm7 · Dsus2 · Csus2 · Dm7 · Cm7 · A♭ · C · A♭ · Cm7 · A♭ · Fm7 · Cm7 · A♭ · Cm7 · A♭6 · Cm7 · A♭ · Cm · A♭maj7 · Fm7 · Dø7 · Csus2 · G7 · Cm7 · A♭6 · Cm7 · A♭ · Cm7 · A♭6 · Cm7 · A♭ · Dø7 · Cm · Gm7 · Fm7 · E♭sus2 · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm · Gm7 · Fm7 · E♭sus2 · Fsus4 · Csus4 · Gm7 · Cm7 · A♭6 · Cm7 · A♭maj7 · Fm7 · Dø7 · Csus2 · A♭6 · Dø7 · Csus2 · G7 · Em · Fmaj7 · Bø7 · F6 · Esus2 · A7 · Em · Bø7 · Em · Dm6 · F · Dm7 · Fmaj7 · Em · Fmaj7 · Bø7 · Fmaj7 · Cm7 · A♭maj7 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm7 · A♭ · Cm7 · A♭maj7 · Dø7 · Cm · Gm7 · Fm7 · B♭ · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm7 · Gm7 · Fm7 · B♭ · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm · E♭maj7 · Fm7 · E♭sus2 · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm7 · E♭maj7 · Fm7 · B♭6 · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm · E♭maj7 · Fm7 · B♭ · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm · Gm7 · Fm7 · B♭ · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm7 · Gm7 · Fm7 · Cm7 · B♭6 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm · E♭maj7 · A♭6 · B♭ · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm · E♭maj7 · A♭6 · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm · Gm7 · A♭6 · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm7 · E♭maj7 · Cm7 · A♭maj7 · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm · E♭maj7 · A♭6 · B♭6 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm · Gm7 · A♭6 · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7 · Cm7 · Gm7 · A♭6 · B♭ · Fsus4 · Cm7 · Fm7▶ play in C minor

Performed key

C minor

Concert key

C minor

Version

Studio

Syncopation

Light (0.64/bar)

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm · bitmidi

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus · Transcription

ISRC

GBN9X1100022

MusicBrainz

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