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E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (D) — 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.

• IEE Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiF♯mF♯ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiG♯mG♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVAA Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VBB Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viC♯mC♯ 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

• D♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• F♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.

Chords carrying them: D ← D°7, Dsus2, E7 · F ← D°7, C♯7

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

IVsus4–♭ii°7–I7–IVsus4–IIIsus2–I7–♭ii°7–I7 + ♭IIsus2–III7–iv7–IIIsus2–iv7 ×2

In C# minor: F♯sus4 · D°7 · C♯7 · F♯sus4 · Esus2 · C♯7 · D°7 · C♯7 · Dsus2 · E7 · F♯m7 · Esus2 · F♯m7▶ play in C# minor

Performed key

C♯ minor

Concert key

C♯ minor

Version

Studio

Syncopation

Moderate (1.83/bar)

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription · Cross-source consensus

ISRC

USSM10108746

MusicBrainz

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