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

To solo over it: B 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.

• IDD Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiEmE Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiF♯mF♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVGG Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VAA Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viBmB Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°C♯°C♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

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

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

iv–VII–i ×2 + vii + iv–VII–i ×2 + VII–iv–VII–i ×4 + I + iv–VII–i ×2 + vii + iv–VII–i–iv–VII–i–VII ×3 + iv–VII–i ×4 + IV–VII–i ×2 + iv–VII–i ×2 + III–VII–i–V–VI–VII–V–i–I–iv–VII–III–I–IV + VII–i ×2 + iv–VII–i ×4 + vii + iv–VII–i ×4 + iv7 + VII–i–iv ×11 + VII–iv ×2 + VII

In B minor: Em · A · Bm · Am · Em · A · Bm · A · Em · A · Bm · B · Em · A · Bm · Am · Em · A · Bm · Em · A · Bm · A · Em · A · Bm · E · A · Bm · Em · A · Bm · D · A · Bm · F♯ · G · A · F♯ · Bm · B · Em · A · D · B · E · A · Bm · Em · A · Bm · Am · Em · A · Bm · Em7 · A · Bm · Em · A · Em · A▶ play in B minor

Performed key

B minor

Concert key

B minor

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ISRC

USAM18700040

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