Hold Me Back
Rick Ross
Bb minor126 bpm4/44:27
126 bpm4/bar
C
3
D
E♭5
F5
G
7
A
1
B
C
3
D
E♭5
F5
G
7
A
1
B
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E A D G B E · first 12 frets
In scale order from the tonic — press one, or
Nothing measured outside plain natural minor — the key really does tell the whole story here.
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
- ♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
Measured against Bb minor — everything else played fits the scale.
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