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E♭ minor118.9 bpm4/44:19★★★★★ 4 chords · plain triads · 6 accidentals in the key
119 bpm4/bar
all measured notes
C
7
D
1
E♭2
F2
3
G
4
A♭5
5
B
C
7
D
1
E♭2
F2
3
G
4
A♭5
5
B
1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th7thoutside the key
all measured notes
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♭2234♭5571♭2
71♭2234♭55
4♭5571♭223
1♭2234♭557
♭5571♭2234♭5
♭2234♭5571♭2
1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th7thoutside the key

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or

  • 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.

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

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Press a chord to hear it.

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1 barsin E♭ minor
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10 barsModal cadencein E♭ minor
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3 barsin E♭ minor
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Performed key
E♭ minor
Concert key
E♭ minor
Version
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Sources
spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz
Method
Transcription
Review
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ISRC
USP6L1000053
MusicBrainz
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