Virtual Insanity - Remastered 2013

Jamiroquai

E♭ minor91.9 bpm4/45:41Remaster★★★★★ 18 chords — a lot to hold · mostly 7ths/extensions · 6 accidentals in the key
92 bpm4/bar
all measured notes
C♯6
7
D♯7
1
E♭2
F2
3
G♯3
4
A♭5
5
B6
C♯6
7
D♯7
1
E♭2
F2
3
G♯3
4
A♭5
5
B6
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all measured notes
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♭223♯34♭556♯67♯71♭2
6♯67♯71♭223♯34♭556
♯34♭556♯67♯71♭223♯3
♯71♭223♯34♭556♯67♯7
♭556♯67♯71♭223♯34♭5
♭223♯34♭556♯67♯71♭2
1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th6th7thoutside 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 (C) and the raised 7th (D) appear — the smoothed climb home
  • 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.
  • ♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the 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 Eb minor — everything else played fits the scale.

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26 barsHalf cadencein E♭ minor
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18 barsHalf cadencein E♭ minor
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7 barsHalf cadencein E♭ minor
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Performed key
E♭ minor
Concert key
E♭ minor
Version
Remaster
Key conflictingBPM single-sourceMeter unverifiedChords single-source
Sources
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Method
Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription
ISRC
GBARL1201220
MusicBrainz
38e9b1d7-f024-4010-bb61-ec1601350249
Virtual Insanity - Remastered 2013 — Jamiroquai · Musicator