2 + 2 = 5
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F minor149.4 bpm4/43:19★★★★★ 15 chords — a lot to hold · some 7ths/extensions · 4 accidentals in the key
149 bpm4/bar
C5
6
D♯6
7
E♯7
F1
♭2
G2
3
A♯3
4
B♭5
C5
6
D♯6
7
E♯7
F1
♭2
G2
3
A♯3
4
B♭5
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♯71♭223♯34♭556♯67♯7
♭556♯67♯71♭223♯34♭5
23♯34♭556♯67♯71♭22
♯67♯71♭223♯34♭556♯6
♯34♭556♯67♯71♭223♯3
♯71♭223♯34♭556♯67♯7
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E A D G B E · first 12 frets
In scale order from the tonic — press one, or
- 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♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
- iiB♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
- iiiC Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
- IVD♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
- VE♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
- viF Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
- vii°G Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home
In scale order from the tonic — press one, or
- ♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
- ♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
- ♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
- ♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.
- ♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.
Measured against F minor — everything else played fits the scale.
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A4 barsin F minor
B7 barsHalf cadencein F minor
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C6 barsPerfect authentic cadencein F minor
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D80 barsin C major
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E12 barsin F minor
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F4 barsin F minor
G8 barsin F minor
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H3 barsin F minor
- Performed key
- F minor
- Concert key
- F minor
- Version
- Studio
Key cross-validatedBPM cross-validatedMeter unverifiedChords single-source
- Sources
- spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz
- Method
- Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus · Transcription
- ISRC
- GBAYE0300801
- MusicBrainz
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