Exit Music (For A Film)

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 (G#) and the raised 7th (A#) appear — the smoothed climb home
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (C) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

To solo over it: B 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.

• IDD Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiEmE Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiF♯mF♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVGG Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VAA Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viBmB Aeoliannatural minor — the sad onethis song
• vii°C♯°C♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

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

Chords carrying them: C ← Am, C · D♯ ← B · F ← C♯ · G♯ ← E, E/G♯, C♯ · A♯ ← F♯, Gm

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

i–V–III–IV–i–V–I–i–V–III–IV–iv–i–V–I–vii–IV–I–i–I–VImaj7–VI–V–vii–IV–v–i–VImaj7–VI–V–i–V–III–IV–vi–i–V–i–II–V–VI–♭II–V–i–V–III–IV + i–V–I ×3

In B minor: Bm · F♯ · D · E · Bm · F♯ · B · Bm · F♯ · D · E · Em · Bm · F♯ · B · Am · E · B · Bm · B · Gmaj7 · G · F♯ · Am · E · F♯m · Bm · Gmaj7 · G · F♯ · Bm · F♯ · D · E · Gm · Bm · F♯ · Bm · C♯ · F♯ · G · C · F♯ · Bm · F♯ · D · E · Bm · F♯ · B▶ play in B minor

Performed key

B minor

Concert key

B minor

Version

Studio

Sources

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Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus · Transcription

ISRC

GBAYE9701372

MusicBrainz

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