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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 (F) and the raised 7th (G) appear — the smoothed climb home
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (A) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

To solo over it: G# 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.

• IBB Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiC♯mC♯ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiD♯mD♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVEE Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VF♯F♯ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viG♯mG♯ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°A♯°A♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

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

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

♯iii7–♯VI7–II–ii–v–III7–ii–ii7–II7–ii7–V7–Imaj7–i7–ii7–IImaj7–ii7–ii–V–♯VI–♯VII–i–♭II–i–iv–V–i–♭ii–i–♭II–i–♭ii–i–V7–i–iv–i–V–i–iv–v–i–♭ii–i–♭II7–i–iv–i–♭ii + i–iv ×3 + ♭II7–i + ♭II–i–iv ×2 + V + i–iv ×2 + v–i–♭II7–i–♭II–i–I

In G# minor: Cm7 · F7 · A♯ · A♯m · D♯m · B7 · A♯m · A♯m7 · A♯7 · A♯m7 · D♯7 · G♯maj7 · G♯m7 · A♯m7 · A♯maj7 · A♯m7 · A♯m · D♯ · F · G · G♯m · A · G♯m · C♯m · D♯ · G♯m · Am · G♯m · A · G♯m · Am · G♯m · D♯7 · G♯m · C♯m · G♯m · D♯ · G♯m · C♯m · D♯m · G♯m · Am · G♯m · A7 · G♯m · C♯m · G♯m · Am · G♯m · C♯m · A7 · G♯m · A · G♯m · C♯m · D♯ · G♯m · C♯m · D♯m · G♯m · A7 · G♯m · A · G♯m · G♯▶ play in G# minor

Performed key

G♯ minor

Concert key

G♯ minor

Version

Studio

Sources

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Method

Transcription

ISRC

TCABT1400795

MusicBrainz

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