Since I've Been Loving You - (Live at MSG 1973)

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 (A) and the raised 7th (B) appear — the smoothed climb home
• Phrygian shadethe ♭2 (Db) — 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.

• IE♭E♭ Ionianplain major — the reference
• iiFmF Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiGmG Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVA♭A♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VB♭B♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viCmC 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

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

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

iv–v–iv–iv7–i–iv–iv7–v–iv–i–III–i–i7–v7–VImaj7–iv7–i–ii7–i7–III–II7–♭II–I + iv–i ×2 + v–VI–V–iv–III–ii–i–III–II7–♭II + i–iv ×2 + i–III–i–v–VI–iv7–iv–VI–V–i–III–II7–iv–♭II + i–iv ×2 + v–iv–i–v–VI–iv–III–ii–i–III–i–♭II–♭IImaj7–i–I–III–II–ii–i–V–I–III–II7–♭IImaj7–i–iv–v–i–I + i–iv ×2 + v–i–v–VI–iv–III–II–i–III–II–II7–♭II–VI–iv–III–II–II7–i–III–II–II7–II–♭II–I

In C minor: Fm · Gm · Fm · Fm7 · Cm · Fm · Fm7 · Gm · Fm · Cm · E♭ · Cm · Cm7 · Gm7 · A♭maj7 · Fm7 · Cm · Dm7 · Cm7 · E♭ · D7 · D♭ · C · Fm · Cm · Gm · A♭ · G · Fm · E♭ · Dm · Cm · E♭ · D7 · D♭ · Cm · Fm · Cm · E♭ · Cm · Gm · A♭ · Fm7 · Fm · A♭ · G · Cm · E♭ · D7 · Fm · D♭ · Cm · Fm · Gm · Fm · Cm · Gm · A♭ · Fm · E♭ · Dm · Cm · E♭ · Cm · D♭ · D♭maj7 · Cm · C · E♭ · D · Dm · Cm · G · C · E♭ · D7 · D♭maj7 · Cm · Fm · Gm · Cm · C · Cm · Fm · Gm · Cm · Gm · A♭ · Fm · E♭ · D · Cm · E♭ · D · D7 · D♭ · A♭ · Fm · E♭ · D · D7 · Cm · E♭ · D · D7 · D · D♭ · C▶ play in C minor

Performed key

C minor

Concert key

C minor

Version

Live

Sources

spotify · deezer

Method

Metadata · Transcription

ISRC

USRH11800504