I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (C) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Mixolydian colourthe ♭7 (E) appears — major, but bluesy
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (A) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: Gb 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.

• IG♭G♭ Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiA♭mA♭ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiB♭mB♭ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVBB Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VD♭D♭ Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viE♭mE♭ 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

• G♭2Phrygian colour — a semitone above the tonic, usually a ♭II chord or a chromatic approach.
• A♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• C♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
• D♭6Borrowed ♭6 — the parallel minor leaning in; the classic wistful turn.
• E♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

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In Gb major: E♭ · A♭ · G♭°7 · A♭ · G♭sus2 · A♭7 · G♭6 · E♭m7 · G♭maj7 · E♭m7 · Bmaj7 · E♭m7 · Cø7 · G♭sus4 · A♭m7 · D♭sus4 · G♭6 · D♭6 · E♭m7 · Cø7 · D♭6 · E♭m7 · A♭m7 · E♭m7 · D♭ · G♭ · D♭6 · G♭ · B · A♭m7 · D♭ · Bmaj7 · G♭sus4 · B♭sus4 · G♭ · E♭m7 · Fsus4 · E♭m7 · Bmaj7 · Cø7 · A♭m7 · E♭m7 · G♭maj7 · E♭m7 · Cø7 · E♭m7 · Bmaj7 · Cø7 · A♭m7 · E♭m7 · A♭m7 · G♭ · E♭m7 · D♭6 · E♭m7 · Cø7 · D♭6 · E♭m7 · A♭m7 · E♭m7 · D♭ · G♭ · D♭6 · G♭ · B · A♭m7 · D♭ · Bmaj7 · G♭sus4 · B♭sus4 · G♭ · E♭m7 · Fsus4 · E♭m7 · Bmaj7 · Cø7 · A♭m7 · E♭m7 · Fsus4 · E♭m7 · Cø7 · E♭m7 · Bmaj7 · E♭m7 · A♭m7 · E♭m7 · Cø7 · E♭m7 · Cm7 · D♭6 · A♭m7 · D♭6 · E♭m7 · Cø7 · E♭m7 · Cm7 · D♭ · Bmaj7 · A♭m7 · D♭maj7 · G♭6 · D♭6 · G♭ · B · A♭m · E♭m · D♭6 · Fm7 · D♭6 · Bmaj7 · D♭m7 · A♭7 · Fm7 · A♭maj7 · Fm7 · D♭6 · Cm7 · A♭7 · Fm7 · A♭maj7 · Fm7 · D♭maj7 · A♭maj7 · E♭7 · A♭7 · B♭ · G♭sus2 · E♭sus4 · A♭7 · B♭sus4 · G♭maj7 · A♭7 · B♭sus4 · G♭sus2 · E♭sus4 · A♭7 · B♭sus4 · Dø7 · Fm7 · A♭7 · Fm7 · A♭maj7 · D♭6 · Cm7 · E♭7 · A♭maj7 · Fm7 · D♭6 · Gø7 · E♭7 · A♭maj7 · Fm7 · D♭6 · A♭maj7 · Fm7 · A♭maj7▶ play in Gb major

Performed key

F♯ major

Concert key

F♯ major

Version

Studio

Syncopation

Light (0.53/bar)

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz · getsongbpm · bitmidi

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus · Transcription

ISRC

USAR18700121

MusicBrainz

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