Wild World

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (F#) appears — the floating, dreamy note

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

• F#♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
• G#♭6Borrowed ♭6 — the parallel minor leaning in; the classic wistful turn.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

vi–II7–V–I–IV–ii–III–IIIsus4–III ×2 + vi–II7–V–I–IV–ii–III–V + I–V–IV–V–IV ×2 + I–ii–III–vi–II–V–I–IV–ii–III–IIIsus4–III–vi–II7–V–I–IV–ii–III–V + I–V–IV–V–IV ×2 + I–ii–III–vi–II7–V–I–IV–ii–III–IIIsus4–III–vi–II7–V–I–IV–ii–III–V + I–V–IV–V–IV ×2 + I–ii–III + I–V–IV–V–IV ×2 + I

In C major: Am · D7 · G · C · F · Dm · E · Esus4 · E · Am · D7 · G · C · F · Dm · E · G · C · G · F · G · F · C · Dm · E · Am · D · G · C · F · Dm · E · Esus4 · E · Am · D7 · G · C · F · Dm · E · G · C · G · F · G · F · C · Dm · E · Am · D7 · G · C · F · Dm · E · Esus4 · E · Am · D7 · G · C · F · Dm · E · G · C · G · F · G · F · C · Dm · E · C · G · F · G · F · C▶ play in C major

Performed key

C major

Concert key

C major

Version

Remaster

Sources

spotify · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

ISRC

GBUM71905965

MusicBrainz

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