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wallyadimeck	Date: September 10, 2002 @ 3:12 AM What chord progressions do you find yourself writing mainly with in your song writing? Also, what key do you work in? Do you have any special tunings?
wallyadimeck	Date: September 10, 2002 @ 3:15 AM I forgot to mention... myself? Well I have not even had the knowledge till recently so I have now consciously been trying out different keys, and chord progressions. Most noteably, a song which I am writing at the moment, works on a traditional I-III-V progression, but it is in the Key of Fm. It's an interesting sounding song, and the lyrics completely contrast the musical emotion. I will post as soon as I can, let you hear what I am babbling on about Anyways, what about you??
Jennae	Date: October 17, 2003 @ 10:53 PM
Karmatic	Date: October 17, 2003 @ 11:11 PM
Veracohr	Date: October 17, 2003 @ 11:14 PM I don't think I use the same chord progression a lot, but I have noticed that I tend to write a lot of melodies in C Natural Minor.
markkuvu	Date: October 17, 2003 @ 11:29 PM I use just about any key that sounds good to me and fits the song. I don't stick to any particular key nor specific progressions. My progressions get quite complex at times and utilize major and minor chords in one song. I also have been changing keys in middle of songs and verses. The only formula I use occasionally is the formula for the song form i.e. aaba aabba abca etc. Sometimes I will write the melody first and then fill in chords to fit. Other times I will write the entire background and then write the melody later. I don't think there is a right or wrong way as long as you like the end results.
GeneHilbert	Date: October 17, 2003 @ 11:32 PM Major = Happy Minor = Sad Try Flat Keys...the Fm(Ab) applies. Also try Bb(Gm), Eb(Cm), F(Dm) ..... Great for horns - and you can't use open chords.
kredd	Date: October 22, 2003 @ 2:53 PM keys...schmeys....who cares. i just write what sounds good. my old band director in HS told me that there is no such thing as a wrong note..its just that some notes sound better when played with other notes. if it helps to know that the relative minor for the key of A major is F# then so be it, i like to think outside of the lines. i refer to it as 'knowing the rules before breaking the rules'. i learned some theory about 10 years ago and have been slowly forgetting it ever since!!! i usually write random riffs and piece them together as i write. but it does really help knowing that 2 two notes in the middle of a riff are stepping out of the key that the song is in b/c it could cause major disonance(sp?) when played over the root chords...make sense?
CrAzYj	Date: October 23, 2003 @ 7:40 PM AHAHAHAHAA! I did a jam night every Tuesday for almost two years... I had a keyboard player that would randomly ask "What key is it in?" when we chose a song to play... It went from the band to a full-on crowd participation... Of course, the response was "Whis key!" And everyone ordered shots...
RancidFish	Date: October 25, 2003 @ 12:25 AM I work in whatever key feels right at the time. When I'm writing ragtime, I almost always use a key with a lot of flats to make it easier to play on the piano. I like to mix up chord progressions a lot, and use different chord progressions. One I particularly like is (in a minor key) IIm IIb Im or the reverse.

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