Dream Brother

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (C#) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Mixolydian colourthe ♭VII chord (F) — major, but with the bluesy flat 7th
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (A#) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: G 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.

• IGG Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiAmA Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiBmB Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVCC Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VDD Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viEmE Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°F♯°F♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• G#♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• A#♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• C#♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
• D#♭6Borrowed ♭6 — the parallel minor leaning in; the classic wistful turn.
• F♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

I–V + I–i ×3 + I–♭II–I–i–iv + i–I ×3 + ♭II–♭III–iv–I–i–♭vii–iv–I–♭iii–i–iv–V7–♭VImaj7–I–iv–V7–I–♭vii–i–I–♭vii–I–I7–iv–♭VII–IV–I–iv + ♭VII–I–IV ×2 + ♭VII + i–V–♭VImaj7 ×2 + i–I–iv–V7–♭VImaj7–I–♭III–iv–V7–♭VI–♭VII–I + i–I–♭vii ×2 + I–♭II–I–♭VI–iv–♭vii–I–iv–♭VII–I–♭VI–iv–♭VII–I

In G major: G · D · G · Gm · G · A♭ · G · Gm · Cm · Gm · G · A♭ · B♭ · Cm · G · Gm · Fm · Cm · G · B♭m · Gm · Cm · D7 · E♭maj7 · G · Cm · D7 · G · Fm · Gm · G · Fm · G · G7 · Cm · F · C · G · Cm · F · G · C · F · Gm · D · E♭maj7 · Gm · G · Cm · D7 · E♭maj7 · G · B♭ · Cm · D7 · E♭ · F · G · Gm · G · Fm · G · A♭ · G · E♭ · Cm · Fm · G · Cm · F · G · E♭ · Cm · F · G▶ play in G major

Performed key

G major

Concert key

G major

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Sources

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ISRC

USSM19400919

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