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Note: if you want to find the tempo, use our BPM Finder to count Beats per minutes instead.

What is the key of a song?

Almost all songs and compositions have their key, which makes it a very important part of the music. The key of the song is, let’s say, a group of tones and chords that are tonally related, or compatible. That group is based on scales – major and minor, and playing it produces a very melodic sound. There are 12 major and 12 minor keys.

Also, a key has a central note – keynote, also known as the tonic note (or the root), which is the most prevalent note in the song (repeats a lot, and most parts usually start and end with it).

Naturally, a tonic chord is played based on a song key, and knowing those are very important for guitar, piano players or any musician.

Can a song have more than one key?

Yes, of course, and it’s not that uncommon. Although people tend to play and compose songs in as few keys as possible (changing too many keys can lead to disharmony and chaotic sound), having two or a few different keys is quite normal. Jazz music is a perfect example of songs having different keys. Improv and chaotic jazz songs can have fantastic key changes played by incredibly talented musicians, but some people can’t stand the sound of it.

But most of the popular songs have maybe two keys and change between them occurs two or three times. Listen to some progressive rock songs (Muse, Tool, . ) and you will hear it for sure (if not, you can always use our free music key detector or music key identifier available on this page).

Are there happy and sad keys?

There are happy and sad keys and they are related to the song scale. The major key is considered to be the happy one, while the minor key is the sad one. Of course, this is not always the case. A song can be performed in a minor key but with high bpm (beats per minute) plus some happy lyrics, like Happy by Pharrell Williams. It will be difficult to call that song sad.

But generally, throughout history, major for happy and minor for sad keys have been heavily used. I don’t know if this was conditioned by hundreds of years of this style or not, but listening to music in minor keys definitely results in sad, melancholy emotions.

How important is a song’s key if I’m going to be a musician or DJ?

The key of a song is one of the most crucial aspects of music. No wonder why classical composers had key names in titles of their compositions (Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 in G minor, for example). Although contemporary music is nothing alike classical music and simplicity is emphasized, that still doesn’t mean that you don’t have to know the basics of music theory.

By understanding keys and practicing them, your compositions will be much more fluent, harmonic, and generally better. If you are a musician, your solos, riffs and improvs will have more ‘meaning’ and your playing technique will come easier. If a DJ, it will be way easier to create the perfect playlist just by knowing the keys, this is called harmonic mixing.

Use this song analyzer to find the key of a song and start practicing right now.

Tips to train yourself to recognize a song’s key by ear

If you possess a musical instrument, you can play some chords and songs in specific keys. Over time, you will start to recognize the key automatically. You can add more options, like using a microphone and creating audio data that you can listen to later.

In case you don’t own an instrument, there are many useful mobile apps and online sites that work as key finders such as our own above. This kind of a song analyzer will find the key of a song, find the pitch of a song, song scale, or anything you want. Find and analyze any audio like mp3 songs. It’s a great tool to make your hearing perfect.

What is the relationship between BPM and key?

The key and tempo can be related, but not necessarily. For example, many DJs go for minor keys when dropping BPM (beats per minute), and vice-versa. And when you think about it, lower tempo music sounds much better with minor keys than major, It is known that minor keys are called ‘sad’ and major ‘happy’ – lower beats go well with sad music, and higher beats go well with happy music.

But, the tempo is just a speed (rhythm) of a song, while the key is a combination of tones and notes that go well together. These two don’t need to go hand-in-hand and there are no rules for this, but somehow everyone prefers the aforementioned correlation.

How common is it for a note to be played outside of a key’s signature?

Very common. The world has a fantastic music history with millions of songs and compositions created so far. Many of those have ‘accidentals’ (notes that don’t belong to a specific key signature or scales) and thank God that’s the case. Can you imagine if every song followed strict rules? There would be no improvisation, no creativity! We would have gotten bored with music.

Following a key is important as it provides a standard for a nice melody and avoids chaos. But being naughty from time to time is always a good thing.

Examples of songs that are «off key»

Unfortunately, there are many singers today that cannot hit the key when performing or recording. For singers having trouble in the studio, professionals heavily use auto pitch-correction (like autotune) and manual tuning tools (ie. Melodyne) so they sound pitch -perfect. Real-time autotune is another trick used in live performances, but it can’t correct (at least for now) the notes way off key. Some of the singers you can hear perform off key live are Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato. just to name a few. Or is it possible that they are trying to implement something new or express themselves in that specific way? We don’t know.

Many of the rappers and punk bands have this style, most notably Kanye West, Outkast, even Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Does the first chord define the key of a song?

Well, usually yes. The first and the last notes of the song typically describe the same key. If a song is in C, the first note or chord will probably be C. The last one may or may not be C, for key changes can occur during the song, but when continuing the C scale, the last note will most commonly be C as well. The notes in C key are comprised of C scale, and that will be the most common note in the song.

Can I write a song without a key?

In theory, it is possible to write a song without a key. Key means ‘tonality’, so theoretically you can compose a song without any tonality. Following the key is more or less a guideline, not a must. Creating a song without scales and just mixing notes can be done, but the results are not promising. When composing a song, you need as much help as possible to make it perfect, and using the key and scales is certainly a way of doing so. Some apps can help you with this as well. You can extract beats and notes from some mashups performed by some DJ in a live set, make the noise compatible, and voila you have a song. If you pull this out, you are a great musician.

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Перевод песни Music Is the key (Sarah Connor)

Music Is the key

Музыка это ключ

People have always been singing
To wipe away tears
To ease all their pain
Music has always been healing
Some people just sometimes
And others again and again and again
So we hope that today you are ready
To understand

Whenever you’re falling down
Hopeless and pushed around
Find your own melody
Trust me that music is the key
It makes you feel proud and strong
Helps you to carry on
If you are down on your knees
You should sing it with me
Music is the key – sets you free

Stories we’ve always been telling
It’s part of our nature
To speak with a friend
Visions we’ve always been seeing
At night in our dreams
The power of music will win in the end
So we hope that today you are ready
To understand

It’s the key to the heart of all people
It can open the door to your soul
It’s the key to a world
Where the flower of love
Always grows – don’t you know…

Whenever you’re falling down
Hopeless and pushed around
Find your own melody
Trust me that music is the key
Whenever you’re losing faith
Just wanna leave your place
Come sing along with me
Trust me that music is the key

Just sing with me loud and strong
Help us to carry on
If you are down on your knees
You should sing it with me
Music is the key – sets you free

Люди постоянно поют
Чтобы высушить слезы,
Чтобы избавиться от боли
Музыка всегда исцеляет
Одних иногда,
А других – снова, и снова, и снова.
Итак, мы надеемся, ты готов сегодня
Понять

Всякий раз, когда ты падаешь,
Теряешь надежду или подавлен,
Найди свою мелодию,
Поверь мне, музыка – это ключ.
Она даст тебе ощущение достоинства и силы,
Поможет пережить невзгоды.
Если ты опустился на колени,
Ты должен петь вместе со мной.
Музыка – это ключ, освободи себя.

Мы все время рассказываем истории.
Такова отчасти наша сущность –
Поговорить с друзьями.
Мы всегда видим образы
По ночам, в наших снах.
Сила музыки в конце концов победит.
Итак, мы надеемся, ты готов сегодня
Понять

Это ключ к сердцам всех людей,
Она может открыть двери твоей души,
Это ключ в мир,
Где цветы любви
Вечно растут – ты это знаешь, не так ли…

Всякий раз, когда ты падаешь,
Теряешь надежду или подавлен,
Найди свою мелодию,
Поверь мне, музыка – это ключ.
Всякий раз, когда теряешь веру,
Да просто хочешь сбежать,
Давай, пой вместе со мной.
Верь мне, музыка – это ключ.

Просто пой со мной громко и уверенно,
Помоги нам выстоять.
Если ты опустился на колени,
Ты должен петь со мной.
Музыка – это ключ, освободи себя.

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What Happens To The Melody When Played In A Different Key

What happens to notation (e.g. a melody line) when a tune is played in a different key than the one it was written in? Do the notes alter in any way or do they always stay the same as originally composed? In other words, if a tune was written in the kay of C and the melody begins with a C note followed by a D note, does that pattern of notes change to a different pattern, if the tune is played in a different key?

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For instance, if you are in C major and have this melody: C-F-E-G-C and you move to E major scale, the melody would be: E-A-G#-B-E .

You have to keep the intervals the same (A perfect fourth remains a perfect fourth etc), but the notes change.

There’s two issues here: what happens in music NOTATION, and what happens in the MUSIC, when you transpose to a different key.

The short answer on the music notation is that the pitch intervals from note to note of a transposed melody don’t change when you change the key, thus for example if you had a melody in the key of C, starting on the note E, then transposed that melody TO the key of E, then you’d write the key signature of E (four sharps), and your starting note would be a G#, but you wouldn’t have to write the sharp, because it’s in the key signature already. If there were no accidentals (sharps/flats) in the original melody in the key of C, then there would be no accidentals in the transposed melody, (beyond the four sharps of the key signature). If you had, say, a written note Bb in the key of C, when transposed to the key of E, that would be written as a D-natural, instead of a Db.

Now. there also ARE differences in tonality from key to key. Those differences are extremely subtle, tiny, but they’re there. In other words, Nigel Tufnel wasn’t completely blowing smoke when he declared that «..D minor is the saddest of all keys. «

Seeing as Major scales have semitones all in the same place transposing between different Major keys will still garner similar (If not identical) general Major tonality.

You often want to do this for practical considerations. Guitar music that is not written specifically for guitar almost always has to be transposed either to E / A or D.

This does not take away from the music if done correctly.

On the piano today you’ll get only the sound of your melody or harmony higher in pitch (minus different resonances of the instrument itself). This is so because the piano is tuned equally (bad) ie. all keys sound the same. This is called equal temperament. Some people think it is bad because one could say only octaves are pure, the rest is an approximation.

Before 1900s it was common that different keys sounded different because of so called temperaments. Even earlier the keys were very distinct sounding (mesotonic tuning) because the main key was meant to be pure. This of course made composing restrictive.

Roughly saying claviers then were tuned so that major thirds were pure, later it was important to have pure fifths. The claviers/piano’s themselves changed dramatically as well and had to be tuned differently. Thus tempered temperaments became fashion. Today’s piano’s have a more bell like sound, in the upper registers.

One notable composer named Johannes Sebastian Bach was especially interested in finding temperaments for the clavier (Bach’s well tempered clavier) because he wanted to continue a piece in as many keys as possible without sounding (too much) out of tune.

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