Nouvelle école

Booba, Mala

F major102.3 bpm4/44:13
102 bpm4/bar
C5
D
E
F
♭2
G2
♭3
A3
B♯4
C5
D
E
F
♭2
G2
♭3
A3
B♯4
2nd3rd5thoutside the key
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♭22♭33♯45
♯45♭22♭33♯4
2♭33♯45♭22
♭22♭33♯45
3♯45♭22♭33
♭22♭33♯45
2nd3rd5thoutside the key

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or

  • Lydian colourthe ♯4 (B) appears — the floating, dreamy note
  • 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.

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

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or

  • ♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
  • ♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
  • ♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.

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

Version
Studio
Meter single-source
Sources
spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz
ISRC
FR09U0104012
MusicBrainz
42de0808-b7e4-45cc-9347-84aa3a787f5b