Angels

Robbie Williams

E major150 bpm4/44:25
150 bpm4/bar
C
6
D
7
E1
F♭2
2
G
3
A
B5
C
6
D
7
E1
F♭2
2
G
3
A
B5
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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: 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.

  • IE Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
  • iiF♯ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
  • iiiG♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
  • IVA Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
  • VB Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
  • viC♯ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
  • vii°D♯ 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.

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

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