The Bitter End

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

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

To solo over it: Bb 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.

• ID♭D♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiE♭mE♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiFmF Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVG♭G♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VA♭A♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viB♭mB♭ 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

• B♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• E♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
• G♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

iv–IV + ♭II–iv ×6 + ♭II–III + iv–♭II ×4 + iv–IV + ♭II–iv ×8

In Bb minor: E♭m · E♭ · B · E♭m · B · D♭ · E♭m · B · E♭m · E♭ · B · E♭m▶ play in Bb minor

Performed key

B♭ minor

Concert key

B♭ minor

Version

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Sources

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ISRC

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