You Be Killin Em

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: A 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.

• IAA Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiBmB Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiC♯mC♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVDD Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VEE Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viF♯mF♯ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°G♯°G♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• A#♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• F♭6Borrowed ♭6 — the parallel minor leaning in; the classic wistful turn.

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

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spotify · deezer · acousticbrainz

ISRC

USUM71019699