Chelsea Morning
Joni Mitchell
E major177.1 bpm4/42:32
177 bpm4/bar
C
D
7
E1
F
2
G
3
A
♯4
B5
C
D
7
E1
F
2
G
3
A
♯4
B5
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E A D G B E · first 12 frets
In scale order from the tonic — press one, or
- Lydian colourthe ♯4 (A#) appears — the floating, dreamy note
To solo over it: E 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.
- IE Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
- iiF♯ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
- iiiG♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
- IVA Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
- VB Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
- viC♯ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
- vii°D♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home
In scale order from the tonic — press one, or
- ♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
Measured against E major — everything else played fits the scale.
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Meter single-source
- Sources
- spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz
- ISRC
- USRE19600221
- MusicBrainz
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