Everybody Hurts

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 (C) — major, but with the bluesy flat 7th

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

• A#♭6Borrowed ♭6 — the parallel minor leaning in; the classic wistful turn.
• C♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

I–IV ×6 + ii–V ×3 + I–IV ×6 + ii–V ×3 + III7–vi ×3 + ♭VII–IV ×2 + v + I–IV ×4 + ii–V ×3 + I–IV ×11

In D major: D · G · Em · A · D · G · Em · A · F♯7 · Bm · C · G · Am · D · G · Em · A · D · G▶ play in D major

Performed key

D major

Concert key

D major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz

Method

Transcription

ISRC

USWB19901548

MusicBrainz

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