Frontin' (feat. Jay-Z)

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

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

To solo over it: C 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.

• ICC Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiDmD Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiEmE Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVFF Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VGG Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viAmA Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°B°B Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

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

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

IVmaj7–Imaj7 ×2 + Vmaj7–IVmaj7 ×13 + Vmaj7 + vii7–ii7–iv7–i7 ×2 + IVmaj7–Vmaj7 ×4 + vii7–ii7–iv7–i7 ×2 + vii7–IImaj7–ii7–iv–i–vii–ii–iv–i

In C major: Fmaj7 · Cmaj7 · Gmaj7 · Fmaj7 · Gmaj7 · Bm7 · Dm7 · Fm7 · Cm7 · Fmaj7 · Gmaj7 · Bm7 · Dm7 · Fm7 · Cm7 · Bm7 · Dmaj7 · Dm7 · Fm · Cm · Bm · Dm · Fm · Cm▶ play in C major

Performed key

C major

Concert key

C major

Version

Studio

Sources

spotify

Method

Metadata · Transcription

ISRC

USAV70300065