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12-09-2007, 04:23 PM
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Does any one know what key the song, "House of the Rising Sun" is done in?
It has such a dramatic sound. I'm trying to figure out what makes that song and other songs such as, " Little Red Riding Hood", "We Gotta Get outta this place" and "Please Don't let me Be Misunderstood, have that sound. Are the chords minor? Is it the key its written in?
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12-09-2007, 04:36 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | Isn't it A minor? |
12-09-2007, 04:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura County | | | Well it starts out on Am and ends on Am chord so it's probably Am chord ?
All the root notes are in A minor scale.
I III IV VI V7 I V7
Chord progression.
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12-09-2007, 04:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charleston SC | | | It's A minor and uses the harmonic (F and G#)...powerful mode. |
12-09-2007, 04:57 PM
| | Never Satisfied | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Staten Island, NY | | | A minor is I, II, Flat III, IV, V, flat VII, domanant or flat VII. Right?
OR A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A. Right? This is the Key and all of the notes of the chords are built on this?
Deekay, what do you mean by harmonic f and G#?
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12-09-2007, 05:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | He means that it is based on the harmonic minor scale, which contains an F natural and a G sharp:  |
12-09-2007, 06:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Yellow Springs, Ohio | | | Here's a general rule of thumb.... if the song sounds resolved when it ends, the last chord is typically the key. |
12-09-2007, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisBowsman Here's a general rule of thumb.... if the song sounds resolved when it ends, the last chord is typically the key. | we tooked the same classes! 
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12-09-2007, 06:45 PM
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12-09-2007, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Youngspanion Nice pug Yvon. | Heh, all pugs are nice... especially my two. 
Nice Eddie!
Okay, here's a stupid question to bring this back on topic. What does it mean when one says the song sounds resolved?
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12-09-2007, 07:46 PM
| | | | I'm pretty sure the D chord is major
making it melodic minor not harmonic
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12-09-2007, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Steveł Heh, all pugs are nice... especially my two.
Nice Eddie!
Okay, here's a stupid question to bring this back on topic. What does it mean when one says the song sounds resolved? | I'd say it sounds complete and "right" in the end, even if the notes inbetween may say otherwise... but don't quote me.  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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