Self Esteem
The Offspring
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.
- ♭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.
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- Performed key
- F major
- Concert key
- F major
- Version
- Studio
- Syncopation
- Light (0.21/bar)
- Sources
- spotify · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · bitmidi
- Method
- Transcription
- Review
- Needs review
- ISRC
- USEP40312208
- MusicBrainz
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