La boxeuse amoureuse

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Melodic minor riseboth the ♮6 (F#) and the raised 7th (G#) appear — the smoothed climb home

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.

• ICC Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiDmD Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiEmE Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVFF Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VGG Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viAmA Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°B°B Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• C#♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
• D#♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
• F#♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.
• G#♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

iv–i–V7 ×3 + i–V7–I–i–V7–iv–iii–i–V–iv + i–V–V7 ×3 + iv–III–iii–II7–iv–III–II–II7–V + V7–i ×3 + I–i–V–V7–i–V

In A minor: Dm · Am · E7 · Am · E7 · A · Am · E7 · Dm · Cm · Am · E · Dm · Am · E · E7 · Dm · C · Cm · B7 · Dm · C · B · B7 · E · E7 · Am · A · Am · E · E7 · Am · E▶ play in A minor

Performed key

A minor

Concert key

A minor

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz

Method

Transcription

ISRC

FR0Y31700001

MusicBrainz

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