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Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 5:48 am

I'm at a little loss trying to figure out the key to this song. I'm assuming its in some exotic A minor.The keys used are A, A#/Bb, C#.D,E,F,G. I'm guessing its a bflat instead of an a sharp and might be a V/C, which is g7 chord so( G, Bb, D, F), but there is no C used in these keys. For the same reason, it can't be a vii diminshed of c. The other chord, A C# E, I'm assuming is a V/G which uses the D 7th (so D, F, A, C#) But no E. It's not a 7diminshed of D ( c#,e,g,b) because there is no A.

I haven't gotten past Secondary Dominants/Leading tone, so maybe there is another method to use to find this key.

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jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:12 am

Key is D minor. The first harmony is iv, Gm. C# is the leading tone, part of A major/minor 7 ('dominant seventh' construct). IE: A7, V7. It begins w. natural minor and winds up with a V-i, dominant->tonic where C# is leading tone.

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:29 am

Thanks

Is there no way it could simply be a d harmonic minor scale? D,E,F,G,A,Bb,C#

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:45 pm

Not simply that, no. The first music has C natural, the majority of the music is natural minor. Ms. 10, there is a Bb sounding in close proximity with C#.

as to calling it by scale, the characteristic aug. second Bb C# is not in itself (in a scalar way) a real feature here. So that term is merely nominal. *It's in D minor.*

What key is this in? Secondary Dominants/Leading tone?