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E A D G B E · first 12 frets

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or ▶ play the scale

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (C#) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Mixolydian colourthe ♭7 (F) appears — major, but bluesy
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (A#) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

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.

• IGG Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiAmA Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiBmB Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVCC Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VDD Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viEmE Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°F♯°F♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

In scale order from the tonic — press one, or ▶ play the run

• G#♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• A#♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• C#♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
• F♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

vi–IV–I–V ×2 + vi–IV–VI–V + VI–IV–I ×2 + vi–IV–I–V ×9 + vi–IV–i + II–vi–IV–I ×2 + V–vi–IV–I ×3 + ii + vi–IV–I–V ×3 + vi–IV–I–v + vi–IV–I–V ×4 + vi–IV–I–ii–vi–ii–I–vi–ii–V–vi–v + vi–ii–V ×4 + VI + vi–IV–I–V ×5 + vi–IV–I–II–vi–VI

In G major: Em · C · G · D · Em · C · E · D · E · C · G · Em · C · G · D · Em · C · Gm · A · Em · C · G · D · Em · C · G · Am · Em · C · G · D · Em · C · G · Dm · Em · C · G · D · Em · C · G · Am · Em · Am · G · Em · Am · D · Em · Dm · Em · Am · D · E · Em · C · G · D · Em · C · G · A · Em · E▶ play in G major

Performed key

G major

Concert key

G major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

ISRC

FRY039900230

MusicBrainz

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