No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Beastie Boys
Ab major96.9 bpm4/44:07
97 bpm4/bar
C3
4
D♯4
5
E
F
♭7
G7
1
A♭2
2
B♭3
C3
4
D♯4
5
E
F
♭7
G7
1
A♭2
2
B♭3
1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th7thoutside the key
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1 · fundamental2nd3rd4th5th7thoutside the key
E A D G B E · first 12 frets
In scale order from the tonic — press one, or
- Lydian colourthe ♯4 (D) appears — the floating, dreamy note
- Mixolydian colourthe ♭7 (Gb) appears — major, but bluesy
- Blues colourthe ♭3 (B) rubbing against the major third — the blue note
To solo over it: Ab 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.
- IA♭ Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
- iiB♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
- iiiC Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
- IVD♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
- VE♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
- viF Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
- vii°G Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home
In scale order from the tonic — press one, or
- ♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
- ♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
- ♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
- ♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.
Measured against Ab major — everything else played fits the scale.
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