Rabbit in Your Headlights

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (D#) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Mixolydian colourthe ♭VII chord (G) — major, but with the bluesy flat 7th
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (C) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: A 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.

• IAA Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiBmB Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiC♯mC♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVDD Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VEE Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viF♯mF♯ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°G♯°G♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• A#♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• C♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• D#♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
• F♭6Borrowed ♭6 — the parallel minor leaning in; the classic wistful turn.
• G♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

v–VI–i7–ii7–v–v7–VI–i7 + ii7–v–VI–i7–ii7–v7–v–VI–i ×2 + ii7 + I–Imaj7 ×2 + V–v–V7–I + i7–ii7–v7–V7 ×3 + i7–ii7–ii + I–Imaj7 ×3 + I–iii–I–Imaj7–I–vi–♭VII–I + i–vi ×2 + II–ii–vi–v–I–vi–i–vi–ii–v–I–i–ii–v–V–I–ii–I–VI–I–III–I–V–I–III–V–II + I–V ×2 + III–I ×2 + V–I + III–I–V ×2 + III–iii–I–V–ii–I–iii–I–i + iii–I ×2 + V–v–VI7–i–ii–V–v–V–i + ii–I ×2 + i–♭VII + ♭iii–♭vii ×2 + iv

In A major: Em · F♯ · Am7 · Bm7 · Em · Em7 · F♯ · Am7 · Bm7 · Em · F♯ · Am7 · Bm7 · Em7 · Em · F♯ · Am · Bm7 · A · Amaj7 · E · Em · E7 · A · Am7 · Bm7 · Em7 · E7 · Am7 · Bm7 · Bm · A · Amaj7 · A · C♯m · A · Amaj7 · A · F♯m · G · A · Am · F♯m · B · Bm · F♯m · Em · A · F♯m · Am · F♯m · Bm · Em · A · Am · Bm · Em · E · A · Bm · A · F♯ · A · C♯ · A · E · A · C♯ · E · B · A · E · C♯ · A · E · A · C♯ · A · E · C♯ · C♯m · A · E · Bm · A · C♯m · A · Am · C♯m · A · E · Em · F♯7 · Am · Bm · E · Em · E · Am · Bm · A · Am · G · Cm · Gm · Dm▶ play in A major

Performed key

A major

Concert key

A major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

ISRC

GBAQH9800046

MusicBrainz

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