Idioteque

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: Bb 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.

• IB♭B♭ Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiCmC Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiDmD Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVE♭E♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VFF Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viGmG Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°A°A Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• B♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• Gb♭6Borrowed ♭6 — the parallel minor leaning in; the classic wistful turn.

Chords carrying them: G♭ ← E♭m · B ← G

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

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Version

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Sources

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