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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 (E) and the raised 7th (Gb) appear — the smoothed climb home
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (Ab) — 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.

• IB♭B♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiCmC Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiDmD Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVE♭E♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VFF Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viGmG 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

• Ab♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• B♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
• Db♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
• E♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.
• Gb♯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–v–VImaj7–v7–iv7–VIIsus4–IVsus2–i–v–IIImaj7–VImaj7–i7–v7–iv7–i7–VIIsus4–IVsus2–i–v–VImaj7–v7–iv7 + VIIsus4–i7 ×2 + IVsus2–VIIsus4 ×2 + i7–IVsus2–IIImaj7–VImaj7–VIImaj7–Vsus4–i7–IVmaj7–IIImaj7–VImaj7–VIImaj7–i7–v–IIImaj7–VImaj7–v7–iv7–IIImaj7–VIIsus4–i7–IVsus2–i–IIImaj7–VImaj7–IVsus2–v7–iv7–VIIsus4–i7–IVsus2–VIIsus4–IVsus2–VI+–iv7–VIIsus4–i7–IVsus2–IIImaj7–VImaj7–VIImaj7–Imaj7–IVmaj7–IIImaj7–VImaj7–VIImaj7–i7–IVmaj7–IIImaj7–VImaj7–VIIsus4–Isus4–IV7–IIImaj7–VImaj7–VIImaj7–i7–IV7–IIImaj7–VImaj7–VIImaj7–I7

In G minor: Gm · Dm · E♭maj7 · Dm7 · Cm7 · Fsus4 · Csus2 · Gm · Dm · B♭maj7 · E♭maj7 · Gm7 · Dm7 · Cm7 · Gm7 · Fsus4 · Csus2 · Gm · Dm · E♭maj7 · Dm7 · Cm7 · Fsus4 · Gm7 · Csus2 · Fsus4 · Gm7 · Csus2 · B♭maj7 · E♭maj7 · Fmaj7 · Dsus4 · Gm7 · Cmaj7 · B♭maj7 · E♭maj7 · Fmaj7 · Gm7 · Dm · B♭maj7 · E♭maj7 · Dm7 · Cm7 · B♭maj7 · Fsus4 · Gm7 · Csus2 · Gm · B♭maj7 · E♭maj7 · Csus2 · Dm7 · Cm7 · Fsus4 · Gm7 · Csus2 · Fsus4 · Csus2 · E♭ · Cm7 · Fsus4 · Gm7 · Csus2 · B♭maj7 · E♭maj7 · Fmaj7 · Gmaj7 · Cmaj7 · B♭maj7 · E♭maj7 · Fmaj7 · Gm7 · Cmaj7 · B♭maj7 · E♭maj7 · Fsus4 · Gsus4 · C7 · B♭maj7 · E♭maj7 · Fmaj7 · Gm7 · C7 · B♭maj7 · E♭maj7 · Fmaj7 · G7▶ play in G minor

Performed key

G minor

Concert key

G minor

Version

Remaster

Syncopation

Light (0.5/bar)

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · bitmidi

Method

Transcription

ISRC

GBAAM0201086

MusicBrainz

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