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| Aug 12, 2018 at 14:28 | comment | added | Laurence | Well, it's in G something! Some would say it's in G major, and not get hung up on the use of bVII. Some would describe it as G Mixolydian. But it certainly isn't in C. It's possible that your list of 'songs sans tonic' are in the same category. | |
| Aug 12, 2018 at 10:57 | comment | added | TwoFiveOne | Honestly, I haven't even listened to the song. That's a mistake. I've got somewhere a long printed list of popular chord progressions and the corresponding songs, and many of them don't contain the tonic. Also, a whole band keyboard, bass etc. almost never plays pure triads. If I really want to do something with a song I get down the melody to a paper. Now I've listened to the "Soma" following the melody with a guitar. It is definitely in G major as you said. ( I've learned the lesson, I should have started with this.) | |
| Aug 12, 2018 at 9:31 | comment | added | Laurence | No. You're trying to force the chords into being diatonic in a major key. They aren't. | |
| Aug 12, 2018 at 9:27 | history | answered | TwoFiveOne | CC BY-SA 4.0 |