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E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (G) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (E) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: Db 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.

• ID♭D♭ Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiE♭mE♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiFmF Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVG♭G♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VA♭A♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viB♭mB♭ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°C°C Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• D♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• E♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• G♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.

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

Performed key

D♭ major

Concert key

D♭ major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata

ISRC

FRZ110100683

MusicBrainz

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