Morning Bell

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Dorian colourthe ♮6 (F#) appears — minor, but hopeful

To solo over it: A 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.

• ICC Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiDmD Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiEmE Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVFF Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VGG Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viAmA Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°B°B Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• 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.

Chords carrying them: C♯ ← A · F♯ ← D

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

Version

Remaster

Sources

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