Re: Educate Me - What Key is This?


"Pt" <peatea@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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(snip actual notes)

This part is in the key of A Major.
Bmi being a ii chord.
I, ii, V, I

(snip actual notes)

This part is in the key of D Major.
Emi being the ii chord.
I, ii, V. I

Notice that the two parts are the same progression but in 2 different
keys.
The song modulates from A to D.


(snip actual notes)


This in D Major.
E7 is a II Major 'off chord', that is not in key of D, which is often
used in pop and country music as a harmonic hook.

Pt


I wasn't sure about the chorus, but I got the verse bits -- however -- I'm
hoping js (or someone else with tons o' classical theory) will chime in.
Since the A is the V of D, we may be looking at treating that whole part as
an extended V section, if I'm remembering the whole "secondary dominant"
concept correctly (and not inside out and backwards). That is, the Bm gets
treated as "ii of V" and the E as "V of V", leaving the entire piece in D
Major.


--
--Llarry Amrose

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in
practice, there is.
-- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut


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