![]() ![]() At Razormaid! we only use flats not sharps to limit confuse so if every letter is two half steps you’d have Ab, Bb, etc Once you understand basic Nico theory you just swap out the letter nameĭepending on the letter (key) you start with determine the key correction I listed the C octave and A octave in the example but you can see there’s only 7 positions. Unfortunately these last two can only be used when moving up in key not down. 3rds and 6th’s are less desirable but doable leaving 2nds and 7th’s more challenging but the reward is the greatest. Theoretically there’s only seven positions when computing keys. With over 3,000 artists in our roster we were never turned down when requesting to work on the tracks from the artists because they quickly learned we would adhere to strict music theory process - including correctly identifying the key of there song. This followed through to the artists as well. As a Conducting Major and minor in Music Theory I felt communication key to our members and I didn’t want them sounding illiterate The more they new about how things should be done correctly the more they could appreciate HOW we did things correctly. This is actually the formula not only for all song writing but dates back to Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, all the way up to modern composers.Īs owner of Razormaid I took pride in making sure our subscribers were the most well informed DJ’s out there hammering correct terminology and usage into them since day one and have been doing so the past 30 years. Then there’s Theme C which in pop music is sometimes referred to as “middle 8” which then resolves itself back to Theme B variation 2 and end of song. A chorus is Theme B the second verse is then considered Theme A variation 1 and the chorus? You guessed it: Theme B variation 1. You mean 8 measures?īy the way that “8 measures” is part of the music writing notation process as wellĪ verse is considered Theme A. Describing a tire as a “round circular thing that rotated and you kick” is what I hear when a DJ says “32 Beat intro”. You know? Those circular things the car rides on? They rotate in a circle? “You mean a tire?” Musical phrases are in 8 measure sequences so referring to an 8 measure music phrase as “32 Beat intro” is like me trying to describe those things you kick below the frame of your car. Music is composed in measures not “beats”. They sound like an idiot because in music theory there’s no such animal. It’s like a DJ using the phrase “32 Beat intro”. We just do this in our heads now but starting out this can be very helpfulĮxcept if you have ever taken a music theory class then you’d know that’s not how keys are used ((MIK). But once you pull to the key of the song your end then the calculate will assign the correct keys. ![]() The most different would be 2nd and 7th but not impossible. More difficult would be 3rd and 6th indicated by the “circle”. So the ideal choices would be Perfect 4th or Perfect 5th. The purpose for the converter is to know the options for the key. Here the original one I bought my business partner when we started Razormaid! so he could learn what keys work with what keys. Having a guitar chord calculator is also very helpful too. From there you can use our technique for discovering the “triad” of the chord in the song, using that to identify the TONIC using the bass line.Īnyone needing this info Email me (Joseph Watt) at: and I’ll be happy to send out our “how to …” guide to learn how to find the tonic if any song using a pitch pipe. In this short course we send out, we use 5 or 6 popular tracks listening the correct keys, so the user can check against the pitch pipe. When we load DJay Pro we turn their key column off and comments column on because the two are so “off “ it will mess up anyone actually mixing by keys (like all our members). We use the COMMENTS column in iTunes to enter the keys for our 6,000 Song library. Or our Razormaid! business Facebook page has it too here. If you’d like I can forward this 6 step process to you. Over the years we have sent out a short course on how to locate “tonic” - the bottom of the triad also know as the key of the song. Since our opening in 1984 we have all given the keys on our Razormaid product. ![]() Buy a guitar pitch pipe from any Guitar Center or Amazon.
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