I Will Always Love You

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (A#) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Mixolydian colourthe ♭VII chord (D) — major, but with the bluesy flat 7th

To solo over it: E 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.

• IEE Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiF♯mF♯ Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiG♯mG♯ Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVAA Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VBB Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viC♯mC♯ Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°D♯°D♯ Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• A#♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.
• D♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

IV–ii–♭VII–I ×2 + IV–IVsus2–IV–♭VIImaj7–vi7–v7 + IV–IVsus2–IV–I–ii–I–♭VII–I ×2 + IV–ii–♭VII–I ×2 + IV–♭VII–IV–I–IV–IVsus4–IV–I–ii–I–♭VII–I–IV–IVsus2–IV–vi7–I–ii–I–♭VII–I–IV–IVsus4–IV–I–ii–I–♭VII–I–IV–IVsus2–IV–vi7–I–ii–I–♭VII–I–V–iii–I–II–V–iii–vi7–II–V–iii–I–II–V–iii–vi7 + I–II–V–iii ×2 + I–II–I–V–II–V

In E major: A · F♯m · D · E · A · Asus2 · A · Dmaj7 · C♯m7 · Bm7 · A · Asus2 · A · E · F♯m · E · D · E · A · F♯m · D · E · A · D · A · E · A · Asus4 · A · E · F♯m · E · D · E · A · Asus2 · A · C♯m7 · E · F♯m · E · D · E · A · Asus4 · A · E · F♯m · E · D · E · A · Asus2 · A · C♯m7 · E · F♯m · E · D · E · B · G♯m · E · F♯ · B · G♯m · C♯m7 · F♯ · B · G♯m · E · F♯ · B · G♯m · C♯m7 · E · F♯ · B · G♯m · E · F♯ · E · B · F♯ · B▶ play in E major

Performed key

E major

Concert key

E major

Version

Studio

Sources

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Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

ISRC

USAR19200110

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