Ghost Town

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 (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♭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

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

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

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In C minor: F♯m · B♭° · Bm · E♭° · B♭° · B° · Cm · D° · Cm · Gm · G · Cm · D · Dm · Cm · B° · Cm · D° · Gm · Cm · F° · B° · B♭° · B♭m6 · B♭m · E · Cm · D° · Cm · G° · Cm · D° · Cm · B♭° · Cm · D° · Cm · F° · B♭° · B♭m · Fm · E · Cm · B° · B♭7 · Cm · G7 · Cm · B♭° · B♭7 · Cm · Gm · G7 · C° · F♯° · B♭° · D° · F♯° · B♭° · B° · D♭7 · F♯ · D♭ · D♭7 · F♯ · G7 · Cm · D° · Cm · G · Cm · Dm · D° · Cm · B° · Cm · D° · G° · Cm · B° · B♭m · E · Cm · D° · B° · Cm · Gm · G7 · Cm · D · Cm · Gm · G° · Cm · D° · Cm · B♭m · Fm · E · Cm · B° · B♭ · Cm · G7 · Cm · B° · B♭ · Cm · Gm · G · Cm · Dm · Cm · D · Cm▶ play in C minor

Performed key

C minor

Concert key

C minor

Version

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Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus · Transcription

ISRC

GBAYK8100051

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