Wish You Were Here

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
• 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

• 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.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

IV6–V6–vi7–V6–I–vi7–Vsus4–I–vi7–V6–vi7–Vsus4–I–IVmaj7–V–IV6–I–V–IVmaj7–I–IV–V6–IV6–I6–V–IVmaj7–I–vi7 + II7–I6 ×2 + IVmaj7–V–IV6–I6–V7–IV6–I6 + V6–vi7–II7 ×2 + V6–I6–II7–V6–vi7–II7–Vmaj7–I–vi7

In G major: C6 · D6 · Em7 · D6 · G · Em7 · Dsus4 · G · Em7 · D6 · Em7 · Dsus4 · G · Cmaj7 · D · C6 · G · D · Cmaj7 · G · C · D6 · C6 · G6 · D · Cmaj7 · G · Em7 · A7 · G6 · Cmaj7 · D · C6 · G6 · D7 · C6 · G6 · D6 · Em7 · A7 · D6 · G6 · A7 · D6 · Em7 · A7 · Dmaj7 · G · Em7▶ play in G major

Performed key

G major

Concert key

G major

Version

Studio

Syncopation

Light (0.47/bar)

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · bitmidi

Method

Transcription

ISRC

GBN9Y1100088

MusicBrainz

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