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FancyFacade
FancyFacade Posts: 330
edited October 2003 in Musicians and Gearheads
what key is this in?
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    D
  • FancyFacade
    FancyFacade Posts: 330
    thanks :)
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    no problem. :)
  • rickp
    rickp Posts: 219
    wouldn't it be G major.. since it starts on D that'd make it D Mixolydian.. neither Bm nor C are in D major..
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    damn theory to heck.
  • rickp
    rickp Posts: 219
    my thoughts exactly.. and as a correction to my post, Bm is in the key of D major.. (oops). but Release is still G :D
  • 62strat
    62strat Posts: 638
    yup. but it works and sounds just as bueaitul doing it in either key...dmajor or g.....

    caus i think MOST...not sure if all, cause id ont ahve a guitar with me....notes in the Dmajor scale make up quite a bit of the notes in G as well... , D E, G , A, ummm yea, and some more....
  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    G-major scale:
    G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G

    D-major scale:
    D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D

    So, the only note that's different is C versus C#. Since "Release" has a C chord (not a C# chord), it's gotta be in the key of D-major.

    Chords in a G-major scale:
    G, Am, Bm, C, D, Em, F#dim, G

    Chords in a D-major scale:
    D, Em, F#m, G, A, Bm, C#dim, D

    Obviously, there is a lot of difference here. Shared chords are G, Bm, D, and Em.

    So, if you're just filling in scales or basslines, the difference is small (just one note being a half-step off) but if you're playing chords or soloing using different chords, you'll want to stick to the key of G.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.

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