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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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (F#) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (D#) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: C major 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.

• ICC Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiDmD Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiEmE Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVFF Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VGG Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viAmA Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°B°B Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• C#♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• D#♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• F#♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

I–iii–I–V ×3 + Imaj7–iii–I–V + VII7–I–VII7–Imaj7 ×2 + vi–Imaj7–I–iii–I–V–I–iii–I–Vmaj7–Imaj7–I–iii–V–Imaj7–I–Vmaj7–VII7–I + VII7–Imaj7 ×3 + vi7–I–VI7–I–vi–vi7 + I–VI ×2 + I–VI7–I–VI + I–VI7 ×3 + I–VI–I

In C major: C · Em · C · G · Cmaj7 · Em · C · G · B7 · C · B7 · Cmaj7 · Am · Cmaj7 · C · Em · C · G · C · Em · C · Gmaj7 · Cmaj7 · C · Em · G · Cmaj7 · C · Gmaj7 · B7 · C · B7 · Cmaj7 · Am7 · C · A7 · C · Am · Am7 · C · A · C · A7 · C · A · C · A7 · C · A · C▶ play in C major

Performed key

C major

Concert key

C major

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Sources

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ISRC

USWB19800170

MusicBrainz

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