Message 4/5
Date: 27-Jul-00 @ 08:59 AM -
RE: pict.sorry another question 4 u
Ha ha ha! yes you did Ape oh well.
Tony it's very difficult to say from just those notes it could be c# minor or E major and the C note might just be a passing note they could even be from a mode it's impossible to tell unless you hear the notes in relation to the rest of the music.The best thing you could do is to download a scale program like "scale it" for example which shows you the notes in every scale on the keyboard or fret board.Hearing whether or not it's major or minor can be developed by learning the sound of major and minor 3rd intervals do you play an instrument?If you do get a scale book or prog and learn the major scale in every key then the natural minor scale if you don't now is a good time to start the keyboard is the easiest to learn because it is so visual.At the same time learn the intervals;an interval is the distance in pitch between any two notes this all requires practice but it really is the only way to acquire the knowledge.To establish the key requires two things mainly, that of being able to discern tonality(whether or not it major or minor)and being able to hear resolution that is when you can hear that there is one home chord that all the other chords seem to return to.Learning chord progressions will teach you to hear these resolutions but again you have to play it to understand it which leads back to,yes you guessed it,practice believe me Tony,Theory informs but Practice convinces.