Ain't No Sunshine

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
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (F) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

To solo over it: E 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.

• IGG Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiAmA Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiBmB Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVCC Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VDD Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viEmE 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

• F♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• G#♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
• 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 E minor — everything else played fits the scale.

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

iv7–i7–III–iv7–i7–III–iv7–i7–vii7–iv7–i7–III ×2 + iv7–i7–III ×3 + iv7–i7–vii7 + iv7–i7–III ×4

In E minor: Am7 · Em7 · G · Am7 · Em7 · G · Am7 · Em7 · Dm7 · Am7 · Em7 · G · Am7 · Em7 · G · Am7 · Em7 · Dm7 · Am7 · Em7 · G▶ play in E minor

Performed key

E minor

Concert key

E minor

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

Review

Needs review

ISRC

USSM10000372

MusicBrainz

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