World Spins Madly On

The Weepies, Deb Talan, Steve Tannen

D♭ major108 bpm4/42:45
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E A D G B E · first 12 frets

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or

Nothing measured outside plain major — the key really does tell the whole story here.

To solo over it: Db 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.

  • ID♭ Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
  • iiE♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
  • iiiF Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
  • IVG♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
  • VA♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
  • viB♭ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
  • vii°C Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or

Performed key
D♭ major
Concert key
D♭ major
Version
Studio
Key cross-validatedBPM cross-validatedMeter single-source
Sources
spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm
Method
Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus
ISRC
CAN110501047
MusicBrainz
a7ab71cb-adb7-4d45-acf6-8b9968179ede
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