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Bb minor88 bpm4/44:46
88 bpm4/bar
C2
D
E♭5
F5
6
G♯6
7
A♯7
1
B♭2
C2
D
E♭5
F5
6
G♯6
7
A♯7
1
B♭2
1 · fundamental2nd5th6th7thoutside the key
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1 · fundamental2nd5th6th7thoutside the key

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or

  • Melodic minor riseboth the ♮6 (G) and the raised 7th (A) appear — the smoothed climb home
  • Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (B) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

To solo over it: Bb 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.

  • ID♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
  • iiE♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
  • iiiF Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
  • IVG♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
  • VA♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
  • viB♭ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
  • vii°C 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 Bb minor — everything else played fits the scale.

Version
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Sources
spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz
ISRC
FRY689700510
MusicBrainz
03dde3c2-1932-4d00-b7d8-53c9f49370e4
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