Song Keys: Let You Down and Spoon

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Song Keys: Let You Down and Spoon

Unread post by Buck23 » Tue Mar 23, 2004 11:32 pm

Hey all, quick question...let you down is in Bm, yes? I'm pretty sure on that one...but spoon seems to be in Em for most of the song, and then there's that E chord followed by the first inversion (with another G#)...so if I were to solo over this song, should I just change the keys?
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Re: Song Keys: Let You Down and Spoon

Unread post by fatjack » Tue Mar 23, 2004 11:34 pm

Buck23 wrote:Hey all, quick question...let you down is in Bm, yes? I'm pretty sure on that one...but spoon seems to be in Em for most of the song, and then there's that E chord followed by the first inversion (with another G#)...so if I were to solo over this song, should I just change the keys?
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Unread post by Davy28 » Sun Mar 28, 2004 8:51 pm

I'm 90% sure LYD and Spoon are both in Em.
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Unread post by Buck23 » Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:40 pm

Isnt there a C# in LYD? in the xx6x75 chord I think...
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Unread post by Davy28 » Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:35 pm

thats A.
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Unread post by DMBFan63 » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:49 pm

I think fatjack should just tell us, he's the music theory god :)
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Unread post by MWR » Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:24 am

Both of them are in Em.

There are such thing's as mini key centers (not a technical term). A progression can momentarily switch to another key and then switch back.

Always look at the first and last chord. The key is almost always one of these chords, particularly the ending chord as the song has to resolve for the ending duh. If you listen to Spoon you'll notice that Em is the first and last chord. I know LYD has an Em for the first chord but I cant remember if he ends it on Em. Oh well
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Unread post by Buck23 » Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:53 am

yeah 57x6xx is an A, which means it has a C# note in it (the 6 on the G string)...so should I consider this a key change for one chord of the song? also the last chord of each verse is in bm, but when you play it and end on bm it sounds more resolved than when you end on the em...so I'm still thinking Bm...

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Unread post by MWR » Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:16 pm

I'm sorry LYD is in Bm. I wasn't really thinking when I wrote that. There is a C in there which isn't in the key of Bm (but it is in Em) so it can still be considered a mixture of tonality.
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Unread post by Buck23 » Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:37 pm

hmmm...
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Unread post by MWR » Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:46 pm

Don't hurt yourself. These concepts take time to understand.
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