Started From the Bottom

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
• 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

• E♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• 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.
• B♭6Borrowed ♭6 — the parallel minor leaning in; the classic wistful turn.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

VI–I + Imaj7–VI ×2 + I–vi°–i°–I–iii–I–vi–I–♭II–vii–iii–i–Imaj7–i–i°–vi–I–vi°–i°–iv–I–i°–I–i6–I–i°–vi°–i–vi°–i°–I–i–I–i° + I–vi ×7 + i–vi + i–I ×2 + vi–i + I–vi ×3

In Eb major: C · E♭ · E♭maj7 · C · E♭ · C° · E♭° · E♭ · Gm · E♭ · Cm · E♭ · E · Dm · Gm · E♭m · E♭maj7 · E♭m · E♭° · Cm · E♭ · C° · E♭° · A♭m · E♭ · E♭° · E♭ · E♭m6 · E♭ · E♭° · C° · E♭m · C° · E♭° · E♭ · E♭m · E♭ · E♭° · E♭ · Cm · E♭m · Cm · E♭m · E♭ · Cm · E♭m · E♭ · Cm▶ play in Eb major

Performed key

E♭ major

Concert key

E♭ major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

ISRC

USCM51300064

MusicBrainz

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