Golden Lady

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 (D) and the raised 7th (E) appear — the smoothed climb home
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (Gb) — 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.

• IA♭A♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiB♭mB♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiCmC Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVD♭D♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VE♭E♭ 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

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

Chords carrying them: D ← D, Bm7, E♭maj7, Gm7… · E ← A, Am7, G♭m7, Amaj7… · G♭ ← D, G♭, Bm7, A♭m7… · A ← A, D, Bm7, Am7… · B ← Bm7, A♭m7, B7, Gmaj7…

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

♯III–♯VI–VI–♭II–♯iv7–♯VI + VIImaj7–i7–ii7–♯iii7 ×2 + ♯vi7–VIImaj7–i7–ii7–♯iii7 ×2 + VIImaj7–IV–iii7–♭II–♭ii–♯IV7–♯iii7–♯VI + ii–IIImaj7 ×2 + IImaj7–i7–IV7–VIImaj7–i7–ii7–♯iii7–♯VI7–VIImaj7–i7–ii7–♯iii7–VIImaj7–IVmaj7–iii7–♭IImaj7–♭ii7–♯IV7–♯iii7–♯VI + ii–ii7–IIImaj7 ×2 + IImaj7–i7–IV7–VIImaj7–i7–ii7–♯iii7–♯vi7–VIImaj7–i7–ii7–♯iii7–VIImaj7–IVmaj7–IV–iii7–♭IImaj7–♭ii–♯IV7–♯iii7–♯VI–VII7–iii–vii–iii7–♯IIImaj7–iii–VII–iii7–♯IIImaj7–♯VII + ♯iii–♯iii7–♯iii–IVmaj7 ×2 + I + iv–iv7–♯IVmaj7 ×2 + ♭II–♯iv–♭II–♯iv7–Vmaj7–♯iv–♯iv7–Vmaj7–V–v–VImaj7

In F minor: A · D · D♭ · G♭ · Bm7 · D · E♭maj7 · Fm7 · Gm7 · Am7 · Dm7 · E♭maj7 · Fm7 · Gm7 · Am7 · E♭maj7 · B♭ · A♭m7 · G♭ · G♭m · B7 · Am7 · D · Gm · A♭maj7 · Gmaj7 · Fm7 · B♭7 · E♭maj7 · Fm7 · Gm7 · Am7 · D7 · E♭maj7 · Fm7 · Gm7 · Am7 · E♭maj7 · B♭maj7 · A♭m7 · G♭maj7 · G♭m7 · B7 · Am7 · D · Gm · Gm7 · A♭maj7 · Gmaj7 · Fm7 · B♭7 · E♭maj7 · Fm7 · Gm7 · Am7 · Dm7 · E♭maj7 · Fm7 · Gm7 · Am7 · E♭maj7 · B♭maj7 · B♭ · A♭m7 · G♭maj7 · G♭m · B7 · Am7 · D · E♭7 · A♭m · E♭m · A♭m7 · Amaj7 · A♭m · E♭ · A♭m7 · Amaj7 · E · Am · Am7 · Am · B♭maj7 · F · B♭m · B♭m7 · Bmaj7 · G♭ · Bm · G♭ · Bm7 · Cmaj7 · Bm · Bm7 · Cmaj7 · C · Cm · D♭maj7▶ play in F minor

Performed key

F minor

Concert key

F minor

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Sources

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Method

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ISRC

USMO17384739

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