Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - What key?

Rayza1983

It sounds like Phrygian but it goes F# Major to G Major, I thought Phrygian would be F# Minor to G Major?

Can anyone help me get my head round it

Basher

I don't think it's in any single key as such. I guess if you need to be specific the first part shifts between F# major and G major.
However you can sometimes use a minor scale over a major chord. This is common in the blues where we often play minor pentatonics over major chords.  
The thing is to listen to the overall feel, give it a go and let your ears be the judge. In this case I think the F# phrygian works fine over both chords, despite the F# chord being a major.
Here are a few bars I've just bashed together to test it out....

rabbit phrygian jam

Rayza1983

Basher said:

I don't think it's in any single key as such. I guess if you need to be specific the first part shifts between F# major and G major.
However you can sometimes use a minor scale over a major chord. This is common in the blues where we often play minor pentatonics over major chords.  
The thing is to listen to the overall feel, give it a go and let your ears be the judge. In this case I think the F# phrygian works fine over both chords, despite the F# chord being a major.
Here are a few bars I've just bashed together to test it out....

rabbit phrygian jam

Nice improvising, thanks for the help