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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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (B) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Mixolydian colourthe ♭VII chord (Eb) — major, but with the bluesy flat 7th
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (Ab) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: F 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.

• IFF Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiGmG Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiAmA Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVB♭B♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VCC Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viDmD Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°E°E Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• Gb♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• Ab♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• B♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
• Db♭6Borrowed ♭6 — the parallel minor leaning in; the classic wistful turn.
• Eb♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

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In F major: F · Am · A° · D · Gm · F · C · F · Am · A° · D · Gm · Gm7 · C · A♭ · C · E · Fm · A♭ · D♭m · A° · B♭m · B · Bm · B♭ · E♭ · Gm · Dm · F · Fm · Cm · E♭m · B♭ · E♭ · Gm · G♭m · G♭° · F · Fm · Cm · E♭m · Gm · G♭m · F · Am · F · G♭° · Gm · A♭° · Am · B♭ · B♭m · E♭ · F · Em · Am · D · Gm · F · Fm · C · F · Am · Dm · Gm · F · C · Am · A♭ · E · Fm · E♭m · A♭m · D♭ · F° · B♭m · B · B♭ · E♭ · Gm · G♭m · F · Fm · Cm · E♭m · B♭ · E♭ · Gm · Dm · Gm · F · Fm · Cm · E♭m · Gm · G♭ · F · Em · F · G♭m · Gm · F · E♭ · E♭m · B♭▶ play in F major

Performed key

F major

Concert key

F major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

ISRC

USHR10522027

MusicBrainz

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