Morning Bell/Amnesiac

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

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

To solo over it: D 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.

• IDD Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiEmE Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiF♯mF♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVGG Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VAA Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viBmB Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°C♯°C♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

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

Chords carrying them: C ← Am · G♯ ← C♯m

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

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Version

Remaster

Sources

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