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Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:11 am

hey guys, im wondering something, i recreated a simple melody from a beat and the melody starts with the D note but the bass is at B starting. so i wonder what the root note is? is it always the melody or bass? thx

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:19 am

It's not always either, but it would typically sound as a B minor (B as the root tone and D as the third). The rest depends on the context and whether or not the rest of the music establishes the key as B minor.

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 2:28 am

Also try the key of G - G is the root, B is the third, D is the fifth which is a common place to start a song. Does it feel like the melody resolves to G?

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 2:58 am

Not enough information to make a precise call.

shawshawraw · Post by **shawshawraw** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:52 am

Do you want the "root note" of the chord of the moment, or the "key" the melody+beat is in?

It'd be most efficient to upload a few seconds of audio if you do need an exact answer: https://vocaroo.com

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 2:45 pm

thx guys, i will post the midi notes later, im still learning theory

iikkap · Post by **iikkap** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:36 pm

You can't establish a root note without having enough material that clearly draws you towards one. If you just play two notes, they're just two notes. You need a bit of melody and/or harmony going on in order to "feel a pull" towards a specific note.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:52 pm

1. thx guys, i need to export this and upload, but for example this beat melody, here he shows at 1 minute the piano melody, then comes the strings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB_MiCTUimA

i dunno what root to pick here, and why?

2. second example is this melody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd2VIc8qSFg

or here he has the piano + choir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sqqehS3VKk

hope you can help me learn how to find the root key so i can learn which scale these are as an example

xbow · Post by **xbow** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:15 pm

I'm not trying to be mean here, but I think you can easily answer this for yourself if you just take the first few bars of the second video, hum or play along with the melody, and then try to find the tone that the melody has to END in so that it will feel settled and complete, and not as if it wants to go on to another note. That finishing note will most likely be your root note, as other posters above have indicated. There isn't really any theory needed beyond that, especially in a simple case like this.

I am too curious to see what your own guess is, so I can't just tell you

EDIT: I meant second video, not first (the one with the guy playing piano)

Melody starts at D, Bass starts at B - what is the Root note?