You Really Got Me
The Kinks
G major137.5 bpm4/42:14
138 bpm4/bar
C4
♯4
D5
E6
F♭7
7
G1
♭2
A2
B
C4
♯4
D5
E6
F♭7
7
G1
♭2
A2
B
1 · fundamental2nd4th5th6th7thoutside the key
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1 · fundamental2nd4th5th6th7thoutside the key
E A D G B E · first 12 frets
In scale order from the tonic — press one, or
- Lydian colourthe ♯4 (C#) appears — the floating, dreamy note
- Mixolydian colourthe ♭7 (F) appears — major, but bluesy
To solo over it: G 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.
- IG Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
- iiA Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
- iiiB Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
- IVC Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
- VD Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
- viE Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
- vii°F♯ 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.
- ♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
- ♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.
Measured against G major — everything else played fits the scale.
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