Hearts A Mess

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or ▶ play the scale

• Harmonic minorthe raised 7th (E) appears, pulling to the tonic
• 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♭A♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiB♭mB♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiCmC Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVD♭D♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VE♭E♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viFmF Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°G°G Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or ▶ play the run

• Gb♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• E♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

i–v ×11 + vi–v + i–v–VI–VII ×4 + i–VII + vii–i ×2 + VII–VI–v + i–VII–VI–VII ×4 + i–v–VI–VII ×4 + i–vii ×2 + i–v–iv–VII–i–v–i

In F minor: Fm · Cm · D♭m · Cm · Fm · Cm · D♭ · E♭ · Fm · E♭ · E♭m · Fm · E♭ · D♭ · Cm · Fm · E♭ · D♭ · E♭ · Fm · Cm · D♭ · E♭ · Fm · E♭m · Fm · Cm · B♭m · E♭ · Fm · Cm · Fm▶ play in F minor

Performed key

F minor

Concert key

F minor

Version

Studio

Sources

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Method

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ISRC

AUZS20800003

MusicBrainz

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