Baba O'Riley

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (B) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Mixolydian colourthe ♭7 (Eb) appears — major, but bluesy

To solo over it: F 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.

• IFF Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiGmG Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiAmA Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVB♭B♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VCC Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viDmD Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°E°E Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• B♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
• Eb♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

Vsus4 + vi7–Imaj7 ×10 + vi7–IVmaj7–Isus4 ×2 + IV–vi7–Isus4–vi7–Imaj7 + Vsus4–Isus4 ×6 + V6–Isus4–vi7–Isus4–IV6–I6 + Vsus4–Isus4 ×2 + vi7–Isus4–IV6–I6–IV6–Imaj7 + Vsus4–Isus4 ×5 + Vsus4–Imaj7–Vsus4–I–Vsus4–Imaj7 + Vsus4–Isus4 ×7 + Vsus4–Imaj7–vi7–Vsus4–Imaj7 + Vsus4–Isus4 ×4 + V–Imaj7–V–vi7–Isus4–vi7 + Vsus4–Isus4–♭VIIsus2 ×2 + I7–Vsus4 ×2 + I7–vi7–I + vi7–I7 ×2 + Vsus4

In F major: Csus4 · Dm7 · Fmaj7 · Dm7 · B♭maj7 · Fsus4 · B♭ · Dm7 · Fsus4 · Dm7 · Fmaj7 · Csus4 · Fsus4 · C6 · Fsus4 · Dm7 · Fsus4 · B♭6 · F6 · Csus4 · Fsus4 · Dm7 · Fsus4 · B♭6 · F6 · B♭6 · Fmaj7 · Csus4 · Fsus4 · Csus4 · Fmaj7 · Csus4 · F · Csus4 · Fmaj7 · Csus4 · Fsus4 · Csus4 · Fmaj7 · Dm7 · Csus4 · Fmaj7 · Csus4 · Fsus4 · C · Fmaj7 · C · Dm7 · Fsus4 · Dm7 · Csus4 · Fsus4 · E♭sus2 · F7 · Csus4 · F7 · Dm7 · F · Dm7 · F7 · Csus4▶ play in F major

Performed key

F major

Concert key

F major

Version

Studio

Syncopation

Light (0/bar)

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · bitmidi

Method

Transcription

ISRC

GBAKW7100001

MusicBrainz

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