Beau comme à la folie

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
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (F) — the dark, Spanish half-step over the tonic

To solo over it: E 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.

• IGG Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiAmA Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiBmB Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVCC Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VDD Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viEmE 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

• F♭2Phrygian ♭2 — the sound of Spanish and Middle-Eastern minor.
• G#♯3Raised 3rd — a Picardy third or a major-key borrowing over the minor.
• C#♯6Dorian 6 — brightens the minor, the difference between Dorian and Aeolian.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

i–IV–I–i–IV–VII + i–IV ×3 + i–VII–IV ×2 + i–IV ×4 + i–VII + IV–i ×6 + VII–IV–i–vii + IV–i ×3 + VII–IV–i ×2 + iv + IV–i ×4 + I

In E minor: Em · A · E · Em · A · D · Em · A · Em · D · A · Em · A · Em · D · A · Em · D · A · Em · Dm · A · Em · D · A · Em · Am · A · Em · E▶ play in E minor

Performed key

E minor

Concert key

E minor

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · bitmidi

Method

Transcription

Review

Needs review

ISRC

QT6EA2668997