Moonlight

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

• 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

vi–VI–III–i–VI–VII + i–VI ×2 + v–i–vi–VI–VII–III–i–vi–VI–VII + i–VI–V ×2 + i–VI–i–vi–VI–V–v–i–VI–III–i–vi–VI–III–VI–V + i–VI–i–VI–v ×2 + i–VI–v–i

In A minor: Fm · F · C · Am · F · G · Am · F · Em · Am · Fm · F · G · C · Am · Fm · F · G · Am · F · E · Am · F · Am · Fm · F · E · Em · Am · F · C · Am · Fm · F · C · F · E · Am · F · Am · F · Em · Am · F · Em · Am▶ play in A minor

Performed key

A minor

Concert key

A minor

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz

Method

Transcription

ISRC

USUG11800209

MusicBrainz

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