Sexual Healing

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Harmonic minorthe V chord is major (G7) — its third is the raised 7th (B), pulling home

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♭E♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiFmF Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiGmG Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVA♭A♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VB♭B♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viCmC Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°D°D Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• B♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

Chords carrying them: B ← G7

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

V–vi–IV–I ×11 + V–vi + ii–iii–IV–I–III7–IV ×2 + ii–IV–V–I–III7–IV–ii–iii–IV–V–I–III7–IV–ii–IV + V–vi–iii–IV–I–V–vi–IV–I ×2 + V–vi–IV–I ×7 + V–vi–ii + IV–V–I–III7–IV–ii–iii ×3 + IV + V–vi–IV–I ×7

In C minor: G · A♭m · F · C · G · A♭m · Dm · E♭m · F · C · E♭7 · F · Dm · F · G · C · E♭7 · F · Dm · E♭m · F · G · C · E♭7 · F · Dm · F · G · A♭m · E♭m · F · C · G · A♭m · F · C · G · A♭m · F · C · G · A♭m · Dm · F · G · C · E♭7 · F · Dm · E♭m · F · G · A♭m · F · C▶ play in C minor

Performed key

C minor

Concert key

C minor

Version

Studio

Sources

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Method

Transcription · Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus

ISRC

USSM19803028

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