Sad Hill

Kheops, IAM

Eb minor93 bpm4/45:17
93 bpm4/bar
C
7
D♯7
1
E♭2
F2
3
G
4
A♭5
5
B
C
7
D♯7
1
E♭2
F2
3
G
4
A♭5
5
B
1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th7thoutside the key
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4♭557♯71♭223
♯71♭2234♭557♯7
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1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th7thoutside the key

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or

  • Harmonic minorthe raised 7th (D) appears, pulling to the tonic
  • Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (E) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

To solo over it: Eb 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.

  • IG♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
  • iiA♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
  • iiiB♭ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
  • IVB Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
  • VD♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
  • viE♭ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
  • vii°F 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.
  • ♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

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

Version
Studio
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Sources
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ISRC
FRY689701310
MusicBrainz
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