Man in the Mirror

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

• Melodic minor riseboth the ♮6 (D) and the raised 7th (E) appear — the smoothed climb home
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (F#) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

To solo over it: F 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
• iiiCmC Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVC♯C♯ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VD♯D♯ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viFmF Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°G°G Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

♯VI–II ×4 + ♯VI–V–V7–II–♯VI–II–V–♯iii7–II–V–II7–♯IV7–♯iii7–II7–V–♯VI7–II–ii7 + V–♯VI–II ×2 + II7–V–♯III7–♯VI–II–♯VI–♯vii7–♯VI–II–V–♯VI + II–♯VI–♯vii7–♯VI–V ×2 + ♯iii7–II–V–II–♯iii7–II7 + V–♯VI–II ×2 + V–II–V–♯III7–♯VI7 + II–V ×3 + VI–♯vi7–♯VI–III–VI–VII + III–VI ×2 + IV–VII–VII7 + VII–III–VI ×2 + III–VI–IV7–vii7–VII7 + III–VII–i7–VII–VI ×2 + iv–III–VI–iv–iii–VI–I–VI

In F minor: D · G · D · C · C7 · G · D · G · C · Am7 · G · C · G7 · B7 · Am7 · G7 · C · D7 · G · Gm7 · C · D · G · G7 · C · A7 · D · G · D · Em7 · D · G · C · D · G · D · Em7 · D · C · Am7 · G · C · G · Am7 · G7 · C · D · G · C · G · C · A7 · D7 · G · C · C♯ · Dm7 · D · G♯ · C♯ · D♯ · G♯ · C♯ · A♯ · D♯ · D♯7 · D♯ · G♯ · C♯ · G♯ · C♯ · A♯7 · D♯m7 · D♯7 · G♯ · D♯ · Fm7 · D♯ · C♯ · A♯m · G♯ · C♯ · A♯m · G♯m · C♯ · F · C♯▶ play in F minor

Performed key

F minor

Concert key

F minor

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

ISRC

USSM18700004

MusicBrainz

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