Black Moon Rising

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 (C) and the raised 7th (D) appear — the smoothed climb home

To solo over it: Eb 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.

• IG♭G♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiA♭mA♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiB♭mB♭ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVBB Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VD♭D♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viE♭mE♭ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°F°F Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• C♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.
• D♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

ii–VII–i ×4 + ii–i–v + i–ii ×2 + i–v + ii–VII–i ×4 + ii–i–v–V–i–ii–i–v–V + ii–VII–i ×4 + v–i

In Eb minor: Fm · D♭ · E♭m · Fm · E♭m · B♭m · E♭m · Fm · E♭m · B♭m · Fm · D♭ · E♭m · Fm · E♭m · B♭m · B♭ · E♭m · Fm · E♭m · B♭m · B♭ · Fm · D♭ · E♭m · B♭m · E♭m▶ play in Eb minor

Performed key

E♭ minor

Concert key

E♭ minor

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

ISRC

QMDA61883786

MusicBrainz

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