The Needle and the Damage Done

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Mixolydian colourthe ♭VII chord (F) — major, but with the bluesy flat 7th
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (A#) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: G 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.

• IGG Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• 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 one
• vii°F♯°F♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• G#♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• A#♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• F♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

V–IV7–IV–I–i–IV–VI + V–I–i–IV–♭VII–VIsus4–VI–vi ×2 + V–I–i–IV + VI–V–I–i–IV–♭VII ×2 + VI–vi–V–I–i

In G major: D · C7 · C · G · Gm · C · E · D · G · Gm · C · F · Esus4 · E · Em · D · G · Gm · C · E · D · G · Gm · C · F · E · Em · D · G · Gm▶ play in G major

Performed key

G major

Concert key

G major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz

Method

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ISRC

USRE12200591

MusicBrainz

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