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F minor92.3 bpm4/43:52
92 bpm4/bar
C5
6
D♯6
7
E♯7
F1
♭2
G2
3
A
4
B♭5
C5
6
D♯6
7
E♯7
F1
♭2
G2
3
A
4
B♭5
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E A D G B E · first 12 frets

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or

  • Melodic minor riseboth the ♮6 (D) and the raised 7th (E) appear — the smoothed climb home
  • 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.
  • ♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
  • ♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.
  • ♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

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

Version
Studio
Meter single-source
Sources
spotify · deezer · acousticbrainz
ISRC
FR6V81293347