Work
Gang Starr
A minor92.5 bpm4/42:58
93 bpm4/bar
C3
D
♭5
E5
F6
G
♯7
A1
♭2
B2
C3
D
♭5
E5
F6
G
♯7
A1
♭2
B2
1 · fundamental2nd3rd5th6thoutside the key
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1 · fundamental2nd3rd5th6thoutside the key
E A D G B E · first 12 frets
In scale order from the tonic — press one, or
- Harmonic minorthe raised 7th (G#) appears, pulling to the tonic
- Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (A#) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic
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.
- IC Ionianplain major — the reference
- iiD Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
- iiiE Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
- IVF Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
- VG Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
- viA Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
- vii°B 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 A minor — everything else played fits the scale.
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- Sources
- spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz
- ISRC
- USVI29800538
- MusicBrainz
- 8b5aa95d-87bd-422e-b277-70859a943d22