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E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (F) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

To solo over it: E 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.

• IGG Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiAmA Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiBmB Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVCC Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VDD Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viEmE Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°F♯°F♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• F♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• A#♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

i–I ×2 + III–I–iii + I–VII ×2 + III–I–VII ×2 + III–i–VII–iii–i–VII–III–i–vii–iii–i–VII–III–i + I–III ×4 + I–VII–III ×4 + i–VII–III–I + VII–III–i ×3 + III–I–III–i–I–VII + I–i ×2 + I–VII ×9 + III–I

In E minor: Em · E · G · E · Gm · E · D · G · E · D · G · Em · D · Gm · Em · D · G · Em · Dm · Gm · Em · D · G · Em · E · G · E · D · G · Em · D · G · E · D · G · Em · G · E · G · Em · E · D · E · Em · E · D · G · E▶ play in E minor

Performed key

E minor

Concert key

E minor

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

ISRC

USSM10017100

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