How to Disappear into Strings

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (D#) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (C) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: A 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.

• IAA Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiBmB Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiC♯mC♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVDD Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VEE Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viF♯mF♯ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°G♯°G♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• A#♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• C♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• D#♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.

Chords carrying them: C ← G♯ · D♯ ← C♯sus2, G♯ · A♯ ← F♯

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

IVsus2–VIsus2 ×4 + vi–VI + I–vi–VIsus2–vi ×2 + IVsus2–VIsus2–IVsus2–IIIsus2–VIsus2–IVsus2–VIsus2–VI–IIIsus2–VIsus2–Isus2 + I–vi ×2 + VI + vi–IV ×2 + IVsus2–IV–vi–I–vi–VI–vi–I–VII–vi–VIsus2–vi–V–vi7–vi–I–IV–vi–I–vi–vi7–vi–V–vi

In A major: Dsus2 · F♯sus2 · F♯m · F♯ · A · F♯m · F♯sus2 · F♯m · Dsus2 · F♯sus2 · Dsus2 · C♯sus2 · F♯sus2 · Dsus2 · F♯sus2 · F♯ · C♯sus2 · F♯sus2 · Asus2 · A · F♯m · F♯ · F♯m · D · Dsus2 · D · F♯m · A · F♯m · F♯ · F♯m · A · G♯ · F♯m · F♯sus2 · F♯m · E · F♯m7 · F♯m · A · D · F♯m · A · F♯m · F♯m7 · F♯m · E · F♯m▶ play in A major

Performed key

A major

Concert key

A major

Version

Unknown

Sources

spotify

Method

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