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What key/time signature is this song in?

Started by The Deku Trombonist, March 24, 2013, 03:27:01 PM

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Dudeman

It centers around D Major, to be sure. It just likes using a D Major 7th chord as its root.
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InsigTurtle

I hear it centering around F# later on around 1:00 (with a b7 though, perhaps mixolydian?) . It does go on a bit of a journey later on, but I'm too lazy to write down the changes.

FireArrow

I'd right it out in D or A major first, then it'll be easier to figure out exactly what's going on. where's jompa :x
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Jompa

For the first part it is in A-major. The chord progression here is Dmaj - C#m7, which is why some of you got the idea of D-major, but no, it's A. It pretty quickly goes on strange journeys that will only come to light while arranging the song, but for the beginning it always wants to go back to the Dmaj - C#m7 ostinat, so I'd just use A-major for all of that. At 0:36 the chord progression becomes Ebm7 l Fbmaj for a while, and here the key is Ab-minor, before briefly going back to the A-major ostinat again (Dmaj - C#m7) at 0:51. At 0:59 it goes to F#-major (mixolydian), and stays there throughout 1:14 (but it's not mixolydian anymore). At 1:28 it goes to Eb-major (mixolydian), with a time sig change 3/4. At 1:50 it's the A-major ostinat again (D-maj - C#m7), but in 3/4. It changes back to 4/4 two measures before the next part. At 2:05 it's back to F#-major (mixolydian), in 4/4 (like before). At 2:20 it's back to the start (A-major).
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TheMarioPianist

Quote from: Jompa on October 05, 2015, 02:43:32 AMFor the first part it is in A-major. The chord progression here is Dmaj - C#m7, which is why some of you got the idea of D-major, but no, it's A. It pretty quickly goes on strange journeys that will only come to light while arranging the song, but for the beginning it always wants to go back to the Dmaj - C#m7 ostinat, so I'd just use A-major for all of that. At 0:36 the chord progression becomes Ebm7 l Fbmaj for a while, and here the key is Ab-minor, before briefly going back to the A-major ostinat again (Dmaj - C#m7) at 0:51. At 0:59 it goes to F#-major (mixolydian), and stays there throughout 1:14 (but it's not mixolydian anymore). At 1:28 it goes to Eb-major (mixolydian), with a time sig change 3/4. At 1:50 it's the A-major ostinat again (D-maj - C#m7), but in 3/4. It changes back to 4/4 two measures before the next part. At 2:05 it's back to F#-major (mixolydian), in 4/4 (like before). At 2:20 it's back to the start (A-major).
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mastersuperfan


I'm having trouble figuring out the time signature and tempo of the beginning part, especially since the tempo fluctuates so often and it's pretty much just one rhythm.
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Sebastian

Once the melody gets started, it's in 6/8.



mastersuperfan

I'm aware of the time sig after the melody starts--although to me, it sounds like it's in 3/4. Admittedly, it does change to more of a 6/8 style (or a 3/4 twice as fast) later on, but I'm keeping it in 3/4 then as well for the sake of convenience.

I just can't figure out what it is at first.
Quote from: NocturneOfShadow on February 11, 2016, 03:00:36 PMthere's also a huge difference in quality between 2000 songs and 2010 songs
Quote from: Latios212 on February 11, 2016, 03:29:24 PMThe difference between 2000 songs and 2010 songs is 10 songs.

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Sebastian

Quote from: Olimar12345 on October 06, 2015, 05:39:46 PMSounds like a cadenza to me.
Exactly what I was thinking.

Quote from: mastersuperfan on October 06, 2015, 05:22:51 PMI just can't figure out what it is at first.
Sorry about that. Should of told you first of all.



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mastersuperfan

Quote from: NocturneOfShadow on February 11, 2016, 03:00:36 PMthere's also a huge difference in quality between 2000 songs and 2010 songs
Quote from: Latios212 on February 11, 2016, 03:29:24 PMThe difference between 2000 songs and 2010 songs is 10 songs.

Sebastian

Quote from: Olimar12345 on October 06, 2015, 06:20:56 PMlol okay  ::)
Honestly, I didn't say it because I couldn't remember the name of it :c
I thought it was cadence at first #ultrafacepalm



Olimar12345

Quote from: mastersuperfan on October 06, 2015, 06:46:14 PMIn that case, how should I notate it?

That might be tricky without the full version of finale. The gist of it would be to put it in one big measure and hide the huge time signature.
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mastersuperfan

Hmm, I've been trying to notate it, but the tempo fluctuates so much that I can't make the rhythm accurate. How should I go about arranging it? Just a constant use of tempo expressions? Also, since it seems to be a bit slower than that of the main theme, should I change the tempo temporarily as well?
Quote from: NocturneOfShadow on February 11, 2016, 03:00:36 PMthere's also a huge difference in quality between 2000 songs and 2010 songs
Quote from: Latios212 on February 11, 2016, 03:29:24 PMThe difference between 2000 songs and 2010 songs is 10 songs.