Why were some of my songs a different key/mode than i intended

[Spring Goose]

I mean: where am I going wrong?! (I only used the notes C D E F G A B, I assumed the song will be Am or one of the relative modes)

https://soundcloud.com/user-492255322/a ... wn/s-vpSzp

[Spring Goose]

Ok I think I've got it: The song doesn't have a B in it and F is the predominant note (tonic is that correct?)

Thanks anyway. Am I right?

[Spring Goose]

Does a song in a key/scale necessarily require a chord progression?

Thanks.

[BertKoor]

Well, what does your intuition / logic say about it?

[Spring Goose]

Can anybody help me?

I was making a song in the scale/key A major. I understand that the song I make could be a F#m or one of the relative modes.

I've got 3 parts, which Mixed In Key (key detection) tells me are Em, B, and Bm. When I put the three parts together Mixed In Key (key detection) tells me its E. I made these parts using the notes from A scale A B C# D E F# G#.

https://soundcloud.com/user-492255322/s ... -e/s-5WJeO

Or just point me in the direction of a tutorial/resource please (preferably not a video).

I think the answer has something to do with "tonic"etc. Am I right?

[Spring Goose]

Would anybody care to enlighten me to the implications of this?




Edit: "this" what is "this"? Where has the title gone? How is anybody supposed to make sense of what I said if you move this without the title?

[Spring Goose]

Does a song in a key/scale necessarily require a chord progression?

Thanks.

Well, what does your intuition / logic say about it?

My intuition is "no", but its been suggested to me that my songs are not in tune and or in the correct key/scale I imagine the songs to be.

I think I struggle with logic.

[Spring Goose]

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[Forgotten]

The simple answer is no.

I think it’s become more common for beginner EDM type music theory courses to suggest that you have to start with a chord progression that fits into “genre specific rules”, but it’s a limiting suggestion.

[kovacs]

I am not really sure what you are asking. The notes you are playing in the first piece (ie, the bassline) are B, A, D, E (in that order), which makes it sound like E Major to me.

[Forgotten]

You’re better off analyzing it yourself rather than relying on software, as the software doesn’t know what your intention is.

The piece might have notes outside of the intended key because of temporary modulation or intentional accidentals, but only you would know that.

Key isn’t always as simple as the notes used in a piece.

[Forgotten]

E Major is the tonic of A Major (A, C#, E)

[kovacs]

E Major is the tonic of A Major (A, C#, E)

Djeezes...brain fart. Deleted it from my post. I wanted to write dominant but then I realized the piece is E so it’s the tonic and then my brain lost focus.

[Forgotten]

I assume it’s telling you Fm?

[Forgotten]

Gotcha. Couldn’t figure out what you meant.