Strange Little Girl

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 ♭VII chord (F) — major, but with the bluesy flat 7th
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (A#) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: G 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.

• IGG Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiAmA Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiBmB Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVCC Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VDD Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viEmE 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.
• F♭7Mixolydian ♭7 — the dominant/blues seventh, very common in rock and funk.

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

v–♭VII–IV–I ×2 + IV–VI–ii–I–♭VII–ii–v–VI–I–i–I–II–♭VII–II + v–♭VII–IV–I ×2 + IV–ii–I–♭VII–ii–v–VI–I–vi–I + IV–I–♭VII ×2 + IV–I–II + v–♭VII–IV–I ×4 + IV–ii–I–♭VII–ii–v–VI–IV–VI–I–vi–I + IV–I–♭VII–IV–I–♭VII–IV–I–II ×2

In G major: Dm · F · C · G · C · E · Am · G · F · Am · Dm · E · G · Gm · G · A · F · A · Dm · F · C · G · C · Am · G · F · Am · Dm · E · G · Em · G · C · G · F · C · G · A · Dm · F · C · G · C · Am · G · F · Am · Dm · E · C · E · G · Em · G · C · G · F · C · G · F · C · G · A▶ play in G major

Performed key

G major

Concert key

G major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Transcription

ISRC

GBAYE8200153

MusicBrainz

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