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djsharperimage · Post by **djsharperimage** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:04 pm

when they say make a song in the key of C major;

are all my basslines and synths supposed to start on the note C?

what if i use other notes?

would that turn it into some other scale?

Rottweiler · Post by **Rottweiler** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:11 pm

Nopes, C is your root but you dont have to start your sequences with C, neither u have to end on it.

Basically, use the white notes in the piano and try to gravitate toward C with your melodies/chords...

Ahh, well its hard to explain, but i guess thats what years of musical education is for

Melkor · Post by **Melkor** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:24 pm

djsharperimage wrote:when they say make a song in the key of C major;

are all my basslines and synths supposed to start on the note C?

Not always, but for now i suggest you DO start them on C if you're in the Key of C Maj

what if i use other notes?

Try em and see, No harm in trying just to have a listen? You might come up with something cool

would that turn it into some other scale?

Technically it would ...... you would be playing what is called a mode of C Maj

djsharperimage · Post by **djsharperimage** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:18 pm

What if i play using the B flat scale?

do i only use the keys in that scale or can i just go all over the keyboard?

i make electronica on ableton live by the way; incase that helps;
just started reading music theory for computer musicians a couple weeks ago

Ogg Vorbis · Post by **Ogg Vorbis** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:20 am

djsharperimage wrote:What if i play using the B flat scale?

do i only use the keys in that scale or can i just go all over the keyboard?

i make electronica on ableton live by the way; incase that helps;
just started reading music theory for computer musicians a couple weeks ago

Is music theory different for computer musicians than it is for bassoonists?

Just curious...

Bobbotov · Post by **Bobbotov** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:38 am

djsharperimage wrote:What if i play using the B flat scale?

do i only use the keys in that scale or can i just go all over the keyboard?

i make electronica on ableton live by the way; incase that helps;
just started reading music theory for computer musicians a couple weeks ago

This will give you all the scales and chords you need to know:

http://www.apassion4jazz.net/keys.html

djsharperimage · Post by **djsharperimage** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:22 pm

Ogg Vorbis wrote:
djsharperimage wrote:What if i play using the B flat scale?

do i only use the keys in that scale or can i just go all over the keyboard?

i make electronica on ableton live by the way; incase that helps;
just started reading music theory for computer musicians a couple weeks ago
Is music theory different for computer musicians than it is for bassoonists?

Just curious...

its pretty much the same;
except you dont really have to learn how to write notes down on a score or sheet music or whatever

Question about Scales???