Comments on: What Key? Who Cares? http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/what-key-who-cares Tips, tricks, technology reviews, previews and musings on the current state of affairs in music and audio software for personal computers. Thu, 17 May 2012 15:26:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on What Key? Who Cares? by: victor http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/what-key-who-cares#comment-169 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/what-key-who-cares#comment-169 Sure and the AskMeta thread goes very deep into that (with audio quizes and all). But I guess my question was: why bother going after the "key" when what you're after almost every time is the actual chord progession. Sure and the AskMeta thread goes very deep into that (with audio quizes and all).

But I guess my question was: why bother going after the “key” when what you’re after almost every time is the actual chord progession.

]]> Comment on What Key? Who Cares? by: Jim http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/what-key-who-cares#comment-168 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/what-key-who-cares#comment-168 I've noticed you can usually determine the key by playing a song (assume it even has a tonal center), then ending it on a certain note. If that note sounds right as the ender of the song, the song is in that key. You can then look at the relationship of most of the other notes in the song to determine whether or not the key is major, minor, harmonic minor or what have you. I’ve noticed you can usually determine the key by playing a song (assume it even has a tonal center), then ending it on a certain note. If that note sounds right as the ender of the song, the song is in that key.

You can then look at the relationship of most of the other notes in the song to determine whether or not the key is major, minor, harmonic minor or what have you.

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