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Paragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:16 PM Original message |
What does it mean when a song is "in a minor key"? |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. The second note is moved down a half-step. |
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Paragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I know THAT |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. I call it "Lick My Love Pump" |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. In D-minor. |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. oh...hate to do this... |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. When I play an A chord... |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The E is ok because... |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Oh, I trust you. I'm not saying you're wrong. |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I've never played guitar... |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Hey Vel -- I fucked up. |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Hee...it happens |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Not true |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. You are completely correct. |
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TheWizardOfMudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. I'll vouch for that |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I just played a A, Bb, E. |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
60. Oh, but it's nice! |
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BringEmOn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. I thought A chord was A C# E |
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Quahog (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 01:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
66. Umm, not to be rude, but no you don't |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 02:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
77. no, an A Major chord |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. BTW... |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I kind afigured that out... |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. What it means is that you like to be depressed.... :) n/t |
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Paragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It IS nice. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. It means he'd make a good jew..all our songs are in minor keys! |
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Paragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. No, but I am circumsized. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Not for me...I don't care :-) |
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Paragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. It IS possible to be both, y'know. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Ain't THAT the truth... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Minor keys tend to be more somber in melody |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yeah, think "Adagio for Strings" |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Oh yeah... very somber... an incredibly beautiful work though. n/t |
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Paragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Question |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Well, songs tend to change keys many times during the song |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Yeah but Hava Nagila is a happy song with a minor scale..so is |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. Minor keys need not sound sad |
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Quahog (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 01:23 AM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Blues scales are not really minor scales |
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sangha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 01:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. You are 100% correct |
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Gato Moteado (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:23 PM Original message |
well, there tends to be more tension..... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sometimes it's just to invoke a change in the mood |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. yes and no |
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lanparty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Yiddish music ... |
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TheWizardOfMudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. Two songs to consider |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. i too find minor keys more fun. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. Actually all the notes of A minor are the same notes as C major |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Whoa... you sound like you know what you're talking about :) n/t |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. But what about the diatonic? |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Diatonic relates to both major and minor... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. All the white keys if you are in the key of C (or a minor) |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Oh lord... now she's correcting me... :) |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. sorry |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. No need for apologies... I'm impressed. n/t |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Actually pentatonic is five notes of the scale, diatonic is seven..both |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Damn, woman... where do you get this musical knowledge? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Did I forget to tell you that part.. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Oh YEAH... Those LV chorus girls... hmmm |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Damn, all these years I've been wondering where my childhood went |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. That's "relative" minor |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. Think of "We Can Work It Out" by the Beatles. |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
74. I think "Eleanor Rigby" is in a minor key, too |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. Refers to the notes marked in the initial signature that are to be ... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
53. Take your keyboard and find "A" |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Ok the professional classical musician has shown up to kick ass! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 10:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Did you take guitar lessons? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 11:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I studied with several professional musicians |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 12:45 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Have you ever heard of Bucky Pizzarelli? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 11:45 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. I have met John |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 01:13 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Coincidentally, |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. I'll send you a link to it when I get home |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Mixolydian is sweet, but give me Phrygian. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 10:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Isn't there an old sailor's song called |
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Quahog (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 01:36 AM Response to Reply #53 |
68. Now take your cd player and play Miles Davis' "So What" |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
55. How "keys" were created |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 01:47 AM Response to Reply #55 |
69. Thanks for this explanation.... |
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BringEmOn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
65. There are natural minor, melodic minor, harmonic minor, pentatonic minor, |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
72. No No No NO! |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
76. In a minor key |
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