key feelings

Uhm Baltazar, I am afraid you will have to be a little more clear about what you need. It looks almost like you used google translate or something.

This is basic musical knowledge – I learnt about this after playing an instrument for 10+ years and doing Music GCSE and Music Tech A Level..

There are 2 types of key – Major and Minor. Major keys sound happy, grand etc. whilst Minor keys sound sad, depressed.

The difference between the 2 is that the 3rd and the 7th note in the scale is flattened in a Minor scale compared to the Major – for example:

A C Major scale uses the following notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C
Whereas a C Minor scale uses the following: C, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb, C (The little b means that the note is flattened – IE one semitone down from the note it was at in the major scale)

The difference between the 2 can be used in all sorts of different ways when composing.

THEN you have the different keys themselves – a circle of fifths can be useful here:

The letters round the outside represent the letter of the Major key with that number of Sharps (raising a note by a semitone) and Flats (Lowering a note by a semitone). The letters increase by a fifth each time – G is a fifth above C. Around the right hand side the letters increase by a fifth each time and a sharp is added, and around the left hand side the letters decrease by a fifth each time and a flat is added.

The letters in the middle are the corresponding Minor keys to each Major key – IE the Minor key that has the same key signature (the name for the number of flats and sharps) as that Major key. For example, the corresponding Minor to C Major is A minor.

Does that make sense?

That is basic music theory which you should know some of if you want to achieve harmonic mixing – for example a song in one key will almost always mix well with another song in that key OR a song that is a fifth above or below that key. Most of the time.

Oh, and by the way, if you want people to help you it’s generally not a good idea to put comments that read quite as sarky as the one you put above, Baltazar. Your original post didn’t even read like you had written it in English..

bob6397

More of that sort of thing? That’s pretty much all there is to it – now you need to learn the theory..

An alternative (which most DJ software supports) if you are not musically trained that can be easier to remember is the Camelot wheel. Similar to a circle of fifths but it instead of the key being represented by a letter it is represented by a number (plus some other stuff) – might be easier for you to learn and pick up on than the traditional way..

Read more here (ignore the bit about buying the software..) http://www.mixedinkey.com/HowTo

Good Luck and get Learning!!

bob6397

I get what you’re asking Baltazar,

But you’ve got it wrong, the individual keys do not radiate a specific vibe or feeling. The only “feeling” that can be related to key’s is that Major keys are Happy, Bright, Positive and Grand while Minor keys are Dark, Moody, Gloomy and more Emotional.

For example, C minor can sound romantic and whimsical, while D major can sound triumphant, and D minor can sound gloomy

Actually, that doesn’t depend on the key at all. That is mostly affected by the way the track has been composed…You say C minor sounds romantic…take a listen to this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv0y0On8ZGQ

In no way that sounds romantic, does it?

If you are going after a certain feeling, first choose between a Major and Minor and then get your brains on writing a powerful melody than bothering much about the “key” that you should use.