Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

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

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

I–IV–V ×4 + vi–V–IV–I ×2 + vi–I ×2 + vi + V–I–IV ×4 + V + vi–V–IV–I ×2 + vi–I ×2 + vi + V–I–IV ×4 + V + vi–V–IV–I ×2 + vi–I–vi–I–vi–V–I–IV–V–I–IV–V ×2 + I

In G major: G · C · D · Em · D · C · G · Em · G · Em · D · G · C · D · Em · D · C · G · Em · G · Em · D · G · C · D · Em · D · C · G · Em · G · Em · G · Em · D · G · C · D · G · C · D · G▶ 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

USRE19700545

MusicBrainz

91398240-3c6b-4222-b897-7f9f3a96983b