Cochise

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (A#) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Mixolydian colourthe ♭VII chord (D) — major, but with the bluesy flat 7th
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (G) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: E 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.

• IEE Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiF♯mF♯ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiG♯mG♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVAA Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VBB Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viC♯mC♯ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°D♯°D♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• G♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• A#♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
• D♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

♭VII–I–♭VII–VII–I–♭III–I–♭VII–I–♭III–I–V–I–♭VII–I–♭III–I

In E major: D · E · D · D♯ · E · G · E · D · E · G · E · B · E · D · E · G · E▶ play in E major

Performed key

E major

Concert key

E major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

ISRC

USSM10211584

MusicBrainz

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