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C minor112 bpm4:09★★★★★ 32 chords — a lot to hold · mostly 7ths/extensions · 3 accidentals in the key
112 bpm4/bar
all measured notesNo per-section sequence for this song — cycling its chord set, not the real order.
C1
♭2
D2
3
E♯3
F4
♭5
G5
6
A♯6
7
B♯7
C1
♭2
D2
3
E♯3
F4
♭5
G5
6
A♯6
7
B♯7
1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th6th7thoutside the key
all measured notesNo per-section sequence for this song — cycling its chord set, not the real order.
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♯34♭556♯67♯71♭223♯3
♯71♭223♯34♭556♯67♯7
56♯67♯71♭223♯34♭55
23♯34♭556♯67♯71♭22
♯67♯71♭223♯34♭556♯6
♯34♭556♯67♯71♭223♯3
1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th6th7thoutside 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.

Chords carrying them: D♭ ← A/D♭, D♭5/A♭, Bsus2, G♭sus2 · E ← E5/B, A/D♭, Asus4, C · G♭ ← E♭m, Bsus2, G♭sus2, B5/G♭ · A ← Dm7/C, A/D♭, Asus4, D5/A… · B ← E5/B, G/D, G, G/B…

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

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Press a chord to hear it.

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Version
Studio
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Sources
spotify · acousticbrainz · bitmidi
ISRC
USSM19805098

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