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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

• Dorian colourthe ♮6 (C) appears — minor, but hopeful

To solo over it: Eb 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
• iiiB♭mB♭ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVBB Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VD♭D♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viE♭mE♭ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°F°F Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• G♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
• A♭5♭5 — the blues flat five, or a diminished/half-diminished chord.
• C♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

i–III–i–III–VII ×5 + IV + i–III–i–III–VII ×2 + IV–v–iv–IV + i–III–i–III–VII ×2 + III + i–III–v–i–VI–VII–III–v ×5 + i–III–v–i–VI + VII–i–III–i–III ×2 + VII–IV–i–III–i–III–VII–i–III–i–III ×2 + VII–IV–iv–VI + III–v–i ×2 + VI–VII + III–v–i–III–v–i–VI ×2 + VII–III–v–i–III–v–i–VI ×3 + VII–III–IV–III–v–iii–i–I–IV + III–v–i ×2 + I

In Eb minor: E♭m · G♭ · E♭m · G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · E♭m · G♭ · E♭m · G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · B♭m · A♭m · A♭ · E♭m · G♭ · E♭m · G♭ · D♭ · G♭ · E♭m · G♭ · B♭m · E♭m · B · D♭ · G♭ · B♭m · E♭m · G♭ · B♭m · E♭m · B · D♭ · E♭m · G♭ · E♭m · G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · E♭m · G♭ · E♭m · G♭ · D♭ · E♭m · G♭ · E♭m · G♭ · D♭ · A♭ · A♭m · B · G♭ · B♭m · E♭m · B · D♭ · G♭ · B♭m · E♭m · G♭ · B♭m · E♭m · B · D♭ · G♭ · B♭m · E♭m · G♭ · B♭m · E♭m · B · D♭ · G♭ · A♭ · G♭ · B♭m · G♭m · E♭m · E♭ · A♭ · G♭ · B♭m · E♭m · E♭▶ play in Eb minor

Performed key

E♭ minor

Concert key

E♭ minor

Version

Studio

Sources

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Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus · Transcription

ISRC

USGF19142001

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