King Kong Five
Mano Negra
C minor106.7 bpm4/41:58
107 bpm4/bar
C1
♭2
D2
3
E♯3
F4
♭5
G5
A♯6
7
B♯7
C1
♭2
D2
3
E♯3
F4
♭5
G5
A♯6
7
B♯7
1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th7thoutside the key
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♯34♭55♯67♯71♭223♯3
♯71♭223♯34♭55♯67♯7
5♯67♯71♭223♯34♭55
23♯34♭55♯67♯71♭22
♯67♯71♭223♯34♭55♯6
♯34♭55♯67♯71♭223♯3
1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th7thoutside 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 (A) and the raised 7th (B) appear — the smoothed climb home
- Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (Db) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic
To solo over it: C 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.
- IE♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
- iiF Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
- iiiG Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
- IVA♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
- VB♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
- viC Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
- vii°D 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 C minor — everything else played fits the scale.
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- Sources
- spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz
- ISRC
- FRZ189800136
- MusicBrainz
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