what key is this in?
- neverfoundthetime
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Andy, do I have to come in there and remove the karma you got for getting it wrong?!
Karma wars, here we come!
No, seriously, this is really hard to hear. That D is a Dm# to my ear and I find myself playing a G# and A# in the main part too (Reiver's hearing those too). But, what do I know! Ric may be much closer, as a keyboarder, he's going to get this better than with guitar.
Karma wars, here we come!
No, seriously, this is really hard to hear. That D is a Dm# to my ear and I find myself playing a G# and A# in the main part too (Reiver's hearing those too). But, what do I know! Ric may be much closer, as a keyboarder, he's going to get this better than with guitar.
neverfoundthetime wrote:
Ric
I hear the G# also, Chris, I just hear it as a minor chord as opposed to a major chord. I'll have to give the A# a try, perhaps it is borrowed from a nearby key.Andy, do I have to come in there and remove the karma you got for getting it wrong?!
Karma wars, here we come!
No, seriously, this is really hard to hear. That D is a Dm# to my ear and I find myself playing a G# and A# in the main part too (Reiver's hearing those too). But, what do I know! Ric may be much closer, as a keyboarder, he's going to get this better than with guitar.
Ric
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This is where the Circle of Fifths can come in really handy, I think. It shows that the keys of B (rel min = G#m) has 5 sharps, the key of F# (rel min D#m) has 6. They are very close key signatures, and so have many chords in common. I haven't listened to the song nor tried to figure out the key, but based on all of the notes/chords being thrown out it seems like this is likely the F#/D#m pair -- if it feels like it resolves to the note D#, you have the likely answer. Another possible test: which of these notes -- E or F -- fits with the song? 'E' suggests the B/G#m pair, 'F' suggests F#/D#m.
These are, funny enough, the same keys we were bantering back and forth in the other thread of Matt's where he was looking for the key for a lead riff he had.
Hope that helps...
These are, funny enough, the same keys we were bantering back and forth in the other thread of Matt's where he was looking for the key for a lead riff he had.
Hope that helps...
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... in search of the lost chord....
rcsnydley wrote:
Based on my admittedly limited understanding of theory, I would have thought the chords in the key of B would be B, Cminor, Dminor, E, F, Gminor, and Adim. Why are the sharps added to C, D, F, G and Adim? Actually, don't answer that, I will take it upon myself to figure that out on my own.I should have said G#m, if you play the B and G#m they both sound like they fit in. Try going from B to G#m.
The chords in the key of B are; B, C#m, D#m, E, F#, G#m, A#dim. Try these chords and see how they work.
Ric
fjvdb wrote:
Ric
I hear B, G#m, D#m chords and when I play notes it is B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#.This is where the Circle of Fifths can come in really handy, I think. It shows that the keys of B (rel min = G#m) has 5 sharps, the key of F# (rel min D#m) has 6. They are very close key signatures, and so have many chords in common. I haven't listened to the song nor tried to figure out the key, but based on all of the notes/chords being thrown out it seems like this is likely the F#/D#m pair -- if it feels like it resolves to the note D#, you have the likely answer. Another possible test: which of these notes -- E or F -- fits with the song? 'E' suggests the B/G#m pair, 'F' suggests F#/D#m.
These are, funny enough, the same keys we were bantering back and forth in the other thread of Matt's where he was looking for the key for a lead riff he had.
Hope that helps...
Ric
jayswett wrote:
Ric
Jay, did you figure this out?rcsnydley wrote:Based on my admittedly limited understanding of theory, I would have thought the chords in the key of B would be B, Cminor, Dminor, E, F, Gminor, and Adim. Why are the sharps added to C, D, F, G and Adim? Actually, don't answer that, I will take it upon myself to figure that out on my own.I should have said G#m, if you play the B and G#m they both sound like they fit in. Try going from B to G#m.
The chords in the key of B are; B, C#m, D#m, E, F#, G#m, A#dim. Try these chords and see how they work.
Ric
Ric