House of Cards

E A D G B E · first 12 frets

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

• Lydian colourthe ♯4 (B) appears — the floating, dreamy note
• Blues colourthe ♭3 (Ab) rubbing against the major third — the blue note

To solo over it: F 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.

• IFF Ionianplain major — the referencethis song
• iiGmG Dorian♮6minor, but hopeful — the raised 6th
• iiiAmA Phrygian♭2minor with a dark, Spanish ♭2
• IVB♭B♭ Lydian♯4major, floating — the dreamy ♯4
• VCC Mixolydian♭7major, bluesy — the flat 7th
• viDmD Aeoliannatural minor — the sad one
• vii°E°E Locrian♭5unstable — rarely a home

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

• Ab♭3Borrowed ♭3 — the blues third, or a moment of parallel minor.
• B♯4Lydian ♯4 — floating and bright, or the leading note of a secondary dominant.

Chords carrying them: A♭ ← Fm · B ← G

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

Press a chord to hear it. ▶ play them all

I–ii–I–II–ii–i + I–IV ×4 + I–ii–IV–I + vi–ii ×2 + vi–I + ii–vi ×2 + I–IV ×5 + I–ii–vi–ii–vi ×2 + I–i + ii–vi–ii–vi–I ×3

In F major: F · Gm · F · G · Gm · Fm · F · B♭ · F · Gm · B♭ · F · Dm · Gm · Dm · F · Gm · Dm · F · B♭ · F · Gm · Dm · Gm · Dm · F · Fm · Gm · Dm · Gm · Dm · F▶ play in F major

Performed key

F major

Concert key

F major

Version

Studio

Feel

Straight

Sources

spotify

Method

Cross-source consensus · Transcription

Review

Needs review