Timeline for What scale are the chords Em A C D in?
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| May 3, 2019 at 18:16 | answer | added | user60513 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 31, 2016 at 5:37 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMusic/status/770858060176887808 | ||
| Aug 30, 2016 at 8:48 | comment | added | MC Emperor | @Some_Guy True, it is indeed. | |
| Aug 30, 2016 at 8:41 | comment | added | Some_Guy | @MCEmperor A blank canvas is one step too far for sure, but it's certainly very forgiving in terms of what you can put over the top of it that "fits" harmonically. | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 16:40 | comment | added | MC Emperor | @Some_Guy I get what you mean, but I wouldn't call it a 'blank' canvas, rather a prefab or ready-to-start canvas. But that's a whole other discussion, I guess. | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 16:11 | comment | added | Bartosz Wójtowicz | @MC Emperor the difference is the progression in your video is "I V vi IV" which is in the major natural scale and in my question the progression is "i IV VI VII" which isn't in any natural minor scale because of chord IV. | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 15:07 | history | edited | Bartosz Wójtowicz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2016 at 15:05 | comment | added | Some_Guy | I think the reason that progression is so popular is because you can sing/ play pretty much anything over it in key, and it sounds good. So you don't have to have awareness of the chord structure to solo, or write melodies. It's pretty much a blank canvas for melody | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 15:01 | comment | added | MC Emperor | @Some_Guy Yup, I second that this is a valid question. By the way, many pop songs are "bound" to the four most common chords of only one scale, see this music video of "4 Chords" of The Axis of Awesome. | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 14:40 | vote | accept | Bartosz Wójtowicz | ||
| Aug 26, 2016 at 12:42 | history | edited | Bartosz Wójtowicz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2016 at 11:24 | answer | added | leftaroundabout | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 11:00 | comment | added | Some_Guy | The questioner asks "How is it possible the song can have these chords and it what scale would it be?", which is just begging for an answer about harmony and "non-key" tones, especially in the context of pop music. Good question I think | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 10:59 | comment | added | Some_Guy | I think this is an on-topic question as it goes into the substance of how chords work. Many people are taught the simplistic way of thinking that you use the chords "of a key" to write a song. But a cursory look of pop songs shows that obviously chord choice is more complex than that. | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 9:18 | history | edited | Bartosz Wójtowicz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2016 at 9:12 | history | edited | Bartosz Wójtowicz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2016 at 8:58 | answer | added | Matt L. | timeline score: 17 | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 8:48 | comment | added | Bartosz Wójtowicz | I added the song only for demonstration. It's a question more about fundamental chords theory than basic analysis. I've rephrased the question, I hope it's ok now. | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 8:46 | history | edited | Bartosz Wójtowicz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2016 at 8:45 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 26, 2016 at 8:31 | comment | added | Tim | That A becomes major the first time. After it sounds more like Asus2, which could be maj or min., we'll never know! However, I voted to close as it's not within the remit of this site. If you read the parameters, you may be able to re-phrase the question so it's allowed to stay. It's in Em... | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 8:30 | comment | added | Neil Meyer | Basic Analysis questions like these are unfortunately off topic. Please see our help center for details on what types of question fits the scope of this site. music.stackexchange.com/help | |
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| Aug 26, 2016 at 8:10 | history | asked | Bartosz Wójtowicz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |