Within scale

[nexustune00]

Hi,

If i am making the drop of a track in Key F. Does the notes have to be within F G A A# C D E.
Does it also apply for other Key let say A or D?


Thanks

[MadBrain]

There are multiple different scales/modes in the key of F:
Major: F G A Bb C D E
Major Pentatonic: F G A C D
Major Blues: F G Ab A C D
Mixolydian Mode: F G A Bb C D Eb
Lydian Mode: F G A B C D E

Minor: F G Ab Bb C Db Eb
Minor Melodic: F G Ab Bb C D E
Minor Harmonic: F G Ab Bb C Db E
Minor Pentatonic: F Ab Bb C Eb
Minor Blues: F Ab Bb B C Eb
Dorian Mode : F G Ab Bb C D Eb
Phrygian Mode: F Gb Ab Bb C Db Eb

You can switch between these within a song, so it's possible to have any note you like in a song in F. Usually you switch along with chords. For instance, in an F Minor song, you will probably switch to F Minor Melodic or F Minor Harmonic if a C7 chord appears (C7 has C, Em G, Bb; since it has E, you probably need a scale with E instead of Eb for that chord). It's also always possible to have chromatic in-between notes that don't belong to any scale.

Other keys (D, A, etc) are the same thing, except shifted up or down a few semitones. For instance, if you shift F major down 3 semitones, you get D major (D E F# G A B C#). This changes which notes are sharp or flat (F major has Bb, D major has F# C#), but the actual pattern of steps and half-steps stays the same.

[nexustune00]

Does it also apply to the bass..should it be in the same key??

[MadBrain]

Bass should always be in the same key as the rest of the song yes.

[arkmabat]

There's a cool phone app that lists all these

[kurodo]

There's a cool phone app that lists all these

Thanks for the very detailed useful help.
I'll be sure to check out the 'cool phone app'

[arkmabat]

I think it's called piano assistant. I had it on my old phone but can't seem to find it in the store. It had a huge database, with playback and everything

[arkmabat]

Piano Companion by Songtive

That's the one

[arkmabat]

Gu Xian in E sounds very nice.

[arkmabat]

OP where are you