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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 (A) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Mixolydian colourthe ♭7 (Db) appears — major, but bluesy
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (Gb) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: Eb 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.

• IE♭E♭ Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• 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 one
• vii°D°D Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• Gb♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• A♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
• Db♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

I–iii–vi7–V ×3 + I–iii–i7–iii + I–iii–vi7–V ×4 + IV–V ×3 + I–iii–vi7–V ×5 + IV–V ×3 + I–IV–I–V–vi–IV–I–V ×2 + I–IV–I–VII–vi–IV–I–V–I–IV–I–iii–vi–IV–I + V–IV ×3 + V

In Eb major: E♭ · Gm · Cm7 · B♭ · E♭ · Gm · E♭m7 · Gm · E♭ · Gm · Cm7 · B♭ · A♭ · B♭ · E♭ · Gm · Cm7 · B♭ · A♭ · B♭ · E♭ · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · Cm · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · E♭ · A♭ · E♭ · D · Cm · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · E♭ · A♭ · E♭ · Gm · Cm · A♭ · E♭ · B♭ · A♭ · B♭▶ play in Eb major

Performed key

E♭ major

Concert key

E♭ major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz

Method

Transcription

ISRC

GBAYE0500605

MusicBrainz

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