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19 Replies to “Songwriting on Guitar – #2 Identifying The Key – Learn How To Write Guitar Songs”

  1. 4:02 – Is this a subjective thing or an objective one? I mean, can DEE also be an option, making E the tonic? Because at 7:14– C sounded more of a 'home base' to me than G7!

  2. I almost always write in a minor key. Didn't realise this until recently when I took part in a study which connects right-minded people with major chord lovers. Odd? Not that odd.

  3. if this sounds like a lot of information…..that's because it is.

    haha I love this guy never seen him before but I like his teaching style.

  4. Finding the chord that can be the last one, not the one that is.
    Writing a song you can make progressions however you like, but you will follow a key and might play some notes in different keys. If those notes go well together with the rest of the song, they will go well together with the scale.

  5. I might be wrong but at around 5:20 the chord progression has an E major. From what I know an A minor key contains E minor, and not major. Am I wrong?

  6. Well the theory might work in some cases but its not correct, i write a song which ends on A but is in the scale of D major, so the part where you will know they key by finding the chord which can be the last chord, well thats just not true. I mean you just have to know how and you'll be able to finish it on any chord, if you are good enough, you can even end it up on a chord from a different key. I am sure the owner of the video will agree with me.

  7. @TheBlueBandYTAccount No the Aoelian is the Natural minor scale. The Harmonic and Melodic minor scales are not a major scale in a mode. They are different scales

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