This time I want to open a special space for the very makers of a good song: The feelings. In music, feelings are transimitted by sounds (that's pretty obvious isn't it?) and every sound has a note. Now in occidental music, there are a series of scales, each one with seven notes, divided in two majors groups: Majors & Minors, and today I want to talk about what feeling each of them gives when composing in the most popular of this scales:
C major: The most easy one to play, this is the "father" the "president" he's willing to transmit some kind of important message, most of it a message of hope, his favorites "allies" are the chords of Cmajor, Gmajor, Eminor, Aminor. When adding style use G7, or play Bminor.
D minor: This one is the saddest crying baby you'll ever hear, used mostly in blues, this is the kind of songs that talks about a heartache that is only expressable in music. His important chords are Dminor, Fmajor, Aminor & Cmajor.
E major: This is the kind of guy who come to you and tell him "If you see her, tell her I love her" and he won't fail, he's brillant at feelings, he wears them on the outside, he too can make you dance, or cry or feel to hope, any feeling could get to your core with a touch of hope. He best mixes with Bmajor, Amajor and C#minor.
B major: The most of romatic of all, a love song, an special key, and my personal favorite. B just has to natural notes that are E and B, the rest of them must be played sharped, and this in my opinion is very nice key for piano or keyboard, you can play something simple, but since you'll be playing white and black keys, you'll look so cool. Just be careful with tempo and chords used, or you could end up sounding more like salsa instead of transmitting a romatic low tempo song. Her chords are C#minor, Emajor, F#major.
Another think you may want to be careful when identifying the key of a song, is the fact that some keys are really to similar between them, for example Fmajor and Cmajor, the only difference is Bb in the key of F, or also G, that has a F#, but in everything else is so similar to Cmajor. Also be careful with Dminor and Aminor, they may be so alike as well as Dmajor and Amajor.
This words are just my personal opinion but as music is to break rules and dogmas, so you should try making a sad song in Cmajor or anything else more bright, to break some blues rules. (:
