Members Mr.Blasphymy Posted September 27, 2007 Members Share Posted September 27, 2007 does anyone have any suggestions on a dark/mysterious/eerie sounding key? a flat sounds pretty cool... does anyone have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted September 27, 2007 Members Share Posted September 27, 2007 Most folks don't know about the key of Z flat but... Er... wait. So, I guess the reason no one's answered yet is they're wondering how best to answer this question. Heck, I know I am. I guess my thinking here is that so much is going to depend on the instrumentation, the melody, the singer (if any), and so on. As a guy who has owned a capo almost as long as he's owned guitars (and who has a decent range if not actually a decent voice), I guess I've just always approached keys on an ad hoc basis. If I have a song in my head (whether one I've written or one I'm simply trying to work out an accompaniment for) I'll fool around with different keys until I find one that works for me as the singer. I'll then either use a capo or different chordings on the guitar to work out the music. With regards to what other folks do... I know a lot of rockers from maybe ten years ago or so were using drop D bass (and sometimes Db, sometimes tuning the rest of the guitar down a half step and the 6th string down 3 halves) as well as often using open chord tunings or other non-standard tunings. D and Db often have a low or growly kind of sound the way some rockers approach/play with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members T. Alan Smith Posted September 28, 2007 Members Share Posted September 28, 2007 Learn your modes. They're MUCH more inspirational for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members kurdy Posted September 28, 2007 Members Share Posted September 28, 2007 does anyone have any suggestions on a dark/mysterious/eerie sounding key?a flat sounds pretty cool... does anyone have any ideas? Minor keys work pretty well. Write a song with a minor chord as the I** **"I" as in roman numeral one. The tonic key, if you're familiar with music theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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