Gonna Love Me

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 (G) and the raised 7th (A) appear — the smoothed climb home
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (B) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

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♭D♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiE♭mE♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiFmF Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVG♭G♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VA♭A♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viB♭mB♭ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°C°C Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• B♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• D♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
• E♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
• G♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.
• A♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

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In Bb minor: D♭maj7 · G♭maj7 · A♭7 · Cø7 · F · D♭6 · E♭7 · D♭maj7 · G♭maj7 · D♭6 · Fm7 · D♭6 · Fm · G♭maj7 · D♭ · E♭m · D♭ · A♭6 · D♭6 · C · A♭6 · G♭maj7 · D♭ · E♭m · D♭sus2 · A♭6 · E♭m7 · D♭6 · G♭maj7 · D♭sus4 · E♭m7 · Fm7 · D♭maj7 · G♭ · E♭sus4 · D♭ · G♭maj7 · A♭7 · G♭m7 · F7 · B♭m7 · D♭6 · E♭6 · G♭6 · D♭sus2 · G♭maj7 · A♭7 · G♭m7 · F7 · B♭m7 · D♭6 · E♭7 · D♭sus4 · A♭6 · D♭maj7 · Fm7 · D♭6 · Fm · G♭maj7 · D♭ · B♭m7 · E♭m · D♭ · A♭6 · D♭6 · C · D♭maj7 · G♭maj7 · D♭ · E♭m7 · D♭6 · G♭maj7 · D♭sus4 · E♭m7 · Fm7 · D♭maj7 · G♭ · E♭sus4 · D♭ · G♭maj7 · A♭7 · G♭m7 · F7 · B♭m7 · D♭6 · E♭6 · G♭6 · D♭sus2 · G♭maj7 · A♭7 · G♭m7 · F7 · B♭m7 · D♭6 · E♭7 · D♭sus4 · Dmaj7 · Gmaj7 · A7 · Gm7 · G♭7 · Bm7 · E6 · Dsus4 · A7 · Fmaj7 · B♭maj7 · G7 · C7 · B♭m7 · A7 · Dm7 · Gm7 · Asus4 · Dmaj7 · Gmaj7 · A7 · Gm7 · G♭7 · Bm7 · E7 · G6 · Dsus2 · Gmaj7 · A7 · Gm7 · G♭7 · Bm7 · D6 · E7 · Dsus4 · Gmaj7 · A7 · Gm7 · G♭7 · Bm7 · E7 · G6 · Dsus2 · A▶ play in Bb minor

Performed key

B♭ minor

Concert key

B♭ minor

Version

Studio

Syncopation

Light (0.73/bar)

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm · bitmidi

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus · Transcription

ISRC

USUM71809181

MusicBrainz

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