The Games You Play

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

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

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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.

• IFF Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiGmG Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiAmA Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVB♭B♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VCC Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viDmD Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°E°E Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• Gb♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• Ab♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• B♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
• Db♭6Borrowed ♭6 — the parallel minor leaning in; the classic wistful turn.

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

Performed key

F major

Concert key

F major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis

ISRC

FR2DK0680030

MusicBrainz

2593e071-6965-4d61-8c71-923796573634