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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: C 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.

• ICC Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiDmD Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiEmE Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVFF Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VGG Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viAmA Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°B°B Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

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

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

Performed key

C major

Concert key

C major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus

ISRC

GBLTP0600008

MusicBrainz

9bbede1e-1661-4742-91f5-8991130119c6