Chord Progression question???

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hey all...... what key would this progression be considered?? Em, Am, and C major?? I believe it to be the key of Em, but some seem to also say the key of G major??? thanks guys
 
Are there any other chords?

I don't really know music theory but I would guess G Major.

But I also think G Major and E minor share the same chords.

Just as C major and A minor do, but I could be wrong.
 
nope.........just 3 chords. I too have noticed several Keys that share the same chords, but am still studying on what makes it a certain key
 
It's probably Em. What does the song resolve on? (I.e., last chord?)
 
Could be C or G, or their relative minors (em and am). Impossible to tell out of context, not enough info.
 
gee if i want to answer these things i need to get here before fraser it seems... i'll go out on a limb here though and vote for G/Emin... and here's why... while it's true that all three also exist in C/Amin if we anaylize them they would all take on basicly a tonic function... so no real movement to speak of... if on the otherhand we look at it from the G/Emin perspective the Emin would be a tonic function while the Amin and C would take on a subdominant feel... so more movement... any chance your using an F# anywhere in a passing chord???
 
Well, if there are only 3 chords, and G is not one of them, it can hardly be the key of G, can it?
 
sure it can... if you think modally... and it was given as G/Emin so if ya want to quibble Emin then...
 
dementedchord said:
sure it can... if you think modally... and it was given as G/Emin so if ya want to quibble Emin then...
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You may have a point there. Let's ask all the socal rockabilly players here who think modally what they think about it.

:D
 
if you look at the key of g

1..g major 2..a minor 3..b minor 4..c major 5..d major 6..e minor 7..f#mb5

it could be a 6 2 4 chord progession in the key of g

but having said that e minor is the relative minor to the key of g major
and all the same chords appear in that

so it could be a 1 4 6 chord progression in the key of e minor (6)e minor becoming (1) the root note of the key

so with the chords avilable i would guess it to be e minor
but i could be wrong music theory is not my strong point.
 
but then again it could be a 3 6 1 in the key of c major
4 1 2 in the key of a minor


i am no wise than when i started !! :confused:
 
song ends with a light, fade out on E minor. Man....music theory gets pretty confusing. Im gonna go with key of Eminor :confused:
 
If it ends, or "resolves" on Em then chances are the song is in the key of Em.
 
This might help; each Major chord ahs a relative minor chord to go with it. For example, they key of G major contains the chords G major, D major and C major. The respective relative minors of these are E minor, B minor and A minor. These six chords will be prevalent in many songs.

If we look at the key of C Major, we can see the major chords are C major, F Major and G Major. The respective minors are Am, Dm and Em. Hence the overlap.
 
the key of Em is the relative minor to the key of G major, and the notes in the scale are the same for both and the chords are the same too. . same thing for C and Am
 
F natural or F sharp???

It's impossible to tell w/o refering to the melody. That will give the sonic clues necessary to determine the key. If the melody has an F# then the key is G. If it has F natural, then the key is C. (or a relative minor of whichever key.)

writeonnnnn

chazba
 
Puhleeze. Can anyone think of any example songs in a key where the root chord does not get played? In theory you can probably score every song in existence in the key of C but you'd have fill the manuscript with accidentals to do it.

C'mon, enough information has been given - it's not impossible or too confusing to figure out. It's being made far more complicated than it actually is.

The OP says Em is the first of a total of three chords. It ends on Em. I'm betting it sounds naturally resolved when it ends.

Play the outro for any song and 9 times out of 10 the final resolving chord is the key.
 
The notes in between...

Yodelay,

It's like #16 is getting at...it's about the notes in between that will determine the key.
Jam to your 3 chords and see what key you are playing in...the F# / F (natural) will tell you if it's actually in the key of G or C, respectively.

In case it wasn't clarified already, G is the relative major of Emin (and thus Emin the relative minor of G). The chord or note itself doesn't necessarily need to be in the song to be in that key.

Simply based on your 3 chords (Em, Am, and C), it's really not enough info...it could quite easily be in the key of C/Am, G/Emin or even F, as the individual notes within your 3 chords are all diatonic to those three scales above.

_john_
 
_john_ said:
even F, as the individual notes within your 3 chords are all diatonic to those three scales above.

_john_
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Wrong !!! the 7th chord is a 1/2dim ....
 
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