Baby Blue - Remastered 2010

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
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (G) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

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

• G♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• 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

V–II–I–vi–V–IV–I ×2 + V–II–vi–I–V–II–I–V–IV–I–V–II–I–IV–I–V–II–vi + I–V–vii–iii–♭III–vi–vi7–IV ×2 + I + ♭VII–IV–I–V ×2 + II–I–vi–V–IV–I–V ×2 + II–vi–I–V–vi–IV–I–V

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

Performed key

E major

Concert key

E major

Version

Remaster

Sources

spotify · deezer · musicbrainz · acousticbrainz

Method

Metadata · Audio analysis · Cross-source consensus · Transcription

ISRC

GBDCE1000031

MusicBrainz

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