Thorguitarist
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How Is the key of a song determined...I've heard the first note you hit, but i know thats wrong
Yes, so you know what notes to sing, what scale to solo with, what the next chord could possibly be. Music is easy to figure out once you know how it works. If you take the time to learn how everything fits together, you won't have to reinvent the wheel every time you get stuck while you are writing a song.cliff richard said:i is there a particular reason why you need to know the key of a song?
Farview said:Yes, so you know what notes to sing, what scale to solo with, what the next chord could possibly be. Music is easy to figure out once you know how it works. If you take the time to learn how everything fits together, you won't have to reinvent the wheel every time you get stuck while you are writing a song.
They are in relative keys, thats why it works.nickjc said:I heard on U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky" that the bass and the guitar are in different keys, but it still works, so watcha gonna do?
Thorguitarist said:How Is the key of a song determined...I've heard the first note you hit, but i know thats wrong
Purge said:Little intro to keys--hope this helps a bit. For starters, here's the notes in each key:
C: C D E F G A B
G: G A B C D E F#
D: D E F# G A B C#
A: A B C# D E F# G#
E: E F# G# A B C# D#
B: B C# D# E F# G# A#
F#: F# G# A# B C# D# E# (yeah, E# is the same as F, but this keeps with the cool alphabet scheme...)
Db: Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C
Ab: Ab Bb C Db Eb F G
Eb: Eb F G Ab Bb C D
Bb: Bb C D Eb F G A
F: F G A Bb C D E
Take the 1st, 4th, and 5th notes in each of those keys and make a major chord using that note as your root note (the lowest note in the chord). That's why you hear "I IV V" progression thrown around quite a bit. To find the minor chords, do the same thing with the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th notes (but with minor chords, obviously).
Each key has a "relative" minor key associated with it. To find which minor key corresponds to its major key, just look at the 6th note. For example, E minor is relative to G.
Start with that, and let me know if this is worth anything to the people who have never really done much with theory.
rpe said:Purge,
Nice explanation of the circle of 5ths. Good job.
rpe
xfinsterx said:Let me start off by saying "music theory is NOT a bad thing"
however....
throw the books out the window and use your instinct and heart.