How do you tell the difference between songs written in a major key and songs wr!
Question: How do you tell the difference between songs written in a major key and songs written in their relative minor!?
ie how do you tell the difference between a song written in the key of C Major and A Minor!? or between a song written in the key of G Major and E Minor!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Most songs will begin and end on their tonic if there is no key change!. Listen for the resolution in the music (V-I) this is the strongest motion in music and is usually easily distinguished from standard chord changes!. in a major key this change is a dominant or major chord to major or major 7th, in a minor key the cange is minor to minor, in harmonic minor it is dominant to minor!. 99% of music does begin and end on the tonicWww@Enter-QA@Com
If you mean, how can you tell by reading the the sheet music, then:
The relative minor (if harmonic) has a raised 7th!. (ie, A minor has a G#) so you look for the G# ! also, most melodies begin & end on the tonic(first note of the scale used in the piece) so if in A minor, it would probably begin & end on A!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
The relative minor (if harmonic) has a raised 7th!. (ie, A minor has a G#) so you look for the G# ! also, most melodies begin & end on the tonic(first note of the scale used in the piece) so if in A minor, it would probably begin & end on A!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
the major will have a happy feel to it but the minor will have a sadder and odder feel to itWww@Enter-QA@Com