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| Author | Topic: need to learn keys |
cowkillr
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Hammond, IN
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10/24/2003 | posted: 10/25/2003 at 12:04:42 AM ET
Heya, i am writing a song for this girl. I need to learn what keys sound like what, and i was wondering if there were any programs that i could download that would teach me them? I have everything else figured out, but I dont know what sounds like what...any help would be greatly appreciated.
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|  angm8
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Las Vegas, NV
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10/22/2003 | posted: 10/25/2003 at 12:11:30 AM ET
Are you writing a song for an instrument or voice?
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|  Taciturn
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8/3/2003 | posted: 10/25/2003 at 5:24:34 PM ET
Major keys are the most common, and usually have a more happy type sound to them. Minor keys often sound more depressing or sad.
For example, we'll use C major and A minor. They both have all the same notes, all naturals. Play a C scale, just start on C and go up to the C an octave higher. Then start the scale on A and work your way up to the next A. They are all the same notes, but the A minor scale sounds a little more... eerie, I guess you could say.
A major scale is characterized by having half steps between the the scale degrees 3 and 4, and 7 and 8.
A minor scale has half steps between the scale degrees of 2 and 3, and 5 and 6. (a scale degree is like, for instance in a C major scale C would be 1, D would be 2, etc)
To find the relative minor scale of a major scale (like A minor is the same as C major) just go 3 letters down from the major scale's first note. A is 3 notes down from C. F major would be the same as D minor.
Hope I've helped a little.
| cowkillr
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10/24/2003 | posted: 10/25/2003 at 9:53:55 PM ET
the song is occupella, actually, and i just need to be able to write down on sheet music the notes, but i have to make sure i have the notes and other stuff like that...do you know what I mean?
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| Anonymous
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| posted: 10/30/2003 at 3:00:56 PM ET
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the song is occupella, actually, and i just need to be able to write down on sheet music the notes, but i have to make sure i have the notes and other stuff like that...do you know what I mean?
Friends help friends move, real friends help friends move bodies.
The incoming fire has the right of way!
I think he wants to know the key and notes that match the pitch of the lyrics and the correct durations of the notes.
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