Somebody That I Used To Know

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

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

• 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.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

vi–Vsus4–IVmaj7–ii–V–Imaj7 ×2

In F major: Dm · Csus4 · B♭maj7 · Gm · C · Fmaj7▶ play in F major

Performed key

F major

Concert key

F major

Version

Studio

Syncopation

Heavy (4.1/bar)

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · bitmidi

Method

Transcription

ISRC

AUZS21100040

MusicBrainz

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