Fake Plastic Trees

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

Nothing measured outside plain major — the key really does tell the whole story here.

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.

Chords carrying them: A♯ ← F♯

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

I–IV–V–IV–I–IV ×2 + ii7–I ×2 + VI–IV–V + IV–I ×2 + VI–IV–V–IV–I–IV–ii7–I–ii7–Isus4 + I–IV–V–IV–I–IV ×2 + ii7–I ×5 + V–ii7–ii–I

In A major: A · D · E · D · A · D · Bm7 · A · F♯ · D · E · D · A · F♯ · D · E · D · A · D · Bm7 · A · Bm7 · Asus4 · A · D · E · D · A · D · Bm7 · A · E · Bm7 · Bm · A▶ play in A major

Performed key

A major

Concert key

A major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm

Method

Transcription · Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus

ISRC

GBAYE9400056

MusicBrainz

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