Re: Educate Me - What Key is This?

Whoops, just spotted an error.

The chords in the "D" section are NOT diatonic to A - with the Em, they're
diatonic to D.

However, it still feels like a change of CHORD, not a change of key, with
that other stuff being an imitation of the first part. It's similar to a
blues progression in that way.


"js" <nothing AT nothing DOT com> wrote in message
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Took me awhile to figure out that Morse Code...

It's in A. The change to D doesn't sound like a key change to me as much
as
it does a move to the IV chord in A. The chords on the "D" progression are
also diatonic to A

All that other movement inside the chords is just reinforcing the melody
in
an inner voice, repeated diatonically through each chord. The rest of the
voices function more as a pedal point (tone, note, whatever ...) than
anything else. The tine always reminded me of church bells, maybe that's
what he was going for.

The chords in the chorus suggest the key of D, even though they revolve
around G. From what I remember though, they have the same drone-like
"voice
leading" quality to them.

If I was going to improv a bass line or solo on this section, I'd start
with
the key of D (F# C#) and work form there.


I guess what I'm trying to say is that the chords in this tune are largely
based on the juxtaposition of the melody with the "drone" notes. I doubt
there was a "master plan" to write a song based on a progression of sus
chords and plagal key signatures.


If you need to know what Yoko is singing, I can't help you there...

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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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