POWER
Kanye West
F minor153.8 bpm4/44:52
154 bpm4/bar
C5
D
7
E♯7
F1
♭2
G2
3
A♯3
4
B♭5
C5
D
7
E♯7
F1
♭2
G2
3
A♯3
4
B♭5
1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th7thoutside the key
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♯71♭223♯34♭557♯7
♭557♯71♭223♯34♭5
23♯34♭557♯71♭22
7♯71♭223♯34♭55
♯34♭557♯71♭223♯3
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1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th7thoutside the key
E A D G B E · first 12 frets
In scale order from the tonic — press one, or
- Harmonic minorthe raised 7th (E) appears, pulling to the tonic
- Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (Gb) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic
To solo over it: F 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.
- IA♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
- iiB♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
- iiiC Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
- IVD♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
- VE♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
- viF Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
- vii°G Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home
In scale order from the tonic — press one, or
- ♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
- ♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
- ♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
- ♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.
Measured against F minor — everything else played fits the scale.
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- Sources
- spotify · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz
- ISRC
- USUM71018220
- MusicBrainz
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