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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.
• 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

i–I–V–v–i–V–i–v–VI–i–VII–v–VI–IV–iv–VII–v + i–VI ×2 + i–Isus4–V–i–V–V7–i–VII–VI–i–VII–vii–VI–vi–iv–vii–VII–i–v + i–VI ×2 + i–v–V–i–V–v–V–V7 + i–VII–VI ×2 + iv–VII–v + i–VI ×2 + i–♯vi–i–♯iii–♯VI–♯III–♯iii

In G# minor: G♯m · G♯ · D♯ · D♯m · G♯m · D♯ · G♯m · D♯m · E · G♯m · F♯ · D♯m · E · C♯ · C♯m · F♯ · D♯m · G♯m · E · G♯m · G♯sus4 · D♯ · G♯m · D♯ · D♯7 · G♯m · F♯ · E · G♯m · F♯ · F♯m · E · Em · C♯m · F♯m · F♯ · G♯m · D♯m · G♯m · E · G♯m · D♯m · D♯ · G♯m · D♯ · D♯m · D♯ · D♯7 · G♯m · F♯ · E · C♯m · F♯ · D♯m · G♯m · E · G♯m · Fm · G♯m · Cm · F · C · Cm▶ play in G# minor

Performed key

G♯ minor

Concert key

G♯ minor

Version

Studio

Sources

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Method

Transcription

ISRC

GBEYA0800112

MusicBrainz

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