Weird Fishes / Arpeggi

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Harmonic minorthe raised 7th (A#) appears, pulling to the tonic
• 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.
• A#♯7Raised 7th — harmonic minor's leading note, pulling to the tonic.

Chords carrying them: C ← Am7, C, Am · D♯ ← B · A♯ ← Gm

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

iv7–v7–VII–VImaj7–iv7–vii7–VII–iv7–v7–VII–VImaj7–vii7–iv7–v–v7–VII–VImaj7–vi–iv–VII–iv7–v–v7–VII–iv–iv7–VII–vii7–iv7–III–v–VII–VImaj7–VII–iv7–III–VII–VImaj7–VI–iv–iv7–VII–III–VII–VImaj7–VI + VII–i ×2 + VI–VII–VI–i–♭II–i–vii–VI–I–i–I–♭II–I–i–I–VI–I–i–♭II–i–VII–VI–i–♭II–VI–VII–VI

In B minor: Em7 · F♯m7 · A · Gmaj7 · Em7 · Am7 · A · Em7 · F♯m7 · A · Gmaj7 · Am7 · Em7 · F♯m · F♯m7 · A · Gmaj7 · Gm · Em · A · Em7 · F♯m · F♯m7 · A · Em · Em7 · A · Am7 · Em7 · D · F♯m · A · Gmaj7 · A · Em7 · D · A · Gmaj7 · G · Em · Em7 · A · D · A · Gmaj7 · G · A · Bm · G · A · G · Bm · C · Bm · Am · G · B · Bm · B · C · B · Bm · B · G · B · Bm · C · Bm · A · G · Bm · C · G · A · G▶ play in B minor

Performed key

B minor

Concert key

B minor

Version

Studio

Feel

Straight

Sources

spotify

Method

Cross-source consensus · Transcription

Review

Needs review