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marcusf |
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Original Message
posted Saturday, August 23, 2008, 10:16 PM
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member since: 1/6/2006 |
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Hey everyone, I have a music theory question for anyone who knows Revelation Song. Even if you don't know it, here are the chords: D Am C G. There is a friendly dispute at our church over what key this is in. I feel that the song is in D with the Am acting as a "minor five in a major key" chord and the C acting as a "flat seven" chord.
However there is a camp that says C natural does not exist in the key of D, therefore the song is in G. When we hit the G, the song goes back to D, so I feel it is in D. Any thoughts? |
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jim@iowa |
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RE: revelation song (gateway worship) key question
posted Sunday, August 24, 2008, 10:53 AM
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member since: 6/26/2006 |
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It is in the key of G. YOur idea is giving far too much complexity to the song from a theoretical point of view. It is a simple I,ii,IV,V progression. G, Am, C, D. |
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TwinkleToes |
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RE: revelation song (gateway worship) key question
posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 8:38 PM
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member since: 9/29/2006 |
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It's in D. I was confuzzled as well by this one, but my dad bought the sheet music and it definitely has two sharps.........................
I'm terrible w/theory, I'm a more practical kinda gal...pick a song you know for sure is in D, and try to go straight from one to the next. If it screws you up, then it's not in D. :-) I probably sound like a moron, but that's how I do it when I get confused. |
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MusicManJoey |
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RE: revelation song (gateway worship) key question
posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 7:03 PM
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member since: 2/13/2003 |
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9 times out of 10, the chord that the songs starts on and ends on, is the key of the song.
(Don't quote me on that...) ;) |
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jcilove |
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RE: revelation song (gateway worship) key question
posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 7:29 PM
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member since: 3/22/2004 |
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Checked it out on SongSelect and the Song Detail says it is in D. That's how I check when I am not sure. And yeah, most of the time the last chord of the song is the key the song is in. But not always. |
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jim@iowa |
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RE: revelation song (gateway worship) key question
posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 8:04 PM
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member since: 6/26/2006 |
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First chord=key if playing in Dorian mode.......is that right?? Dorian is the same as major right?? |
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(still) rpdan |
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RE: revelation song (gateway worship) key question
posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008, 10:23 PM
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member since: 5/16/2007 |
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Dorian isn't the same as what we consider "major." Dorian mode would be the same as a scale going from D to D, all natural (no sharps or flats). http://brebru.com/musicroom/theory/introduction/modes.html |
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finallyfree |
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RE: revelation song (gateway worship) key question
posted Saturday, April 25, 2009, 9:11 PM
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member since: 11/7/2006 |
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I look at it like this, If you're playing the song, and want to adlib on piano, or pay a guitar solo, would you play a D major scale? does the melody ever hit a C#? i don't think it does... I would play a G scale, or a D mixolydian scale, which would have the flat 7 (making the C# a c natural) So you could say the song is in D mixolydian, or just say G. That's why I say it's in G... |
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finallyfree |
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RE: revelation song (gateway worship) key question
posted Saturday, April 25, 2009, 9:13 PM
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member since: 11/7/2006 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixolydian_mode
this explains it good... why D Mixlydian works... |
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GJG |
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RE: revelation song (gateway worship) key question
posted Sunday, April 26, 2009, 7:05 PM
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member since: 1/6/2009 |
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really looks like D to me |
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Carvin |
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RE: revelation song (gateway worship) key question
posted Sunday, April 26, 2009, 8:05 PM
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member since: 6/4/2007 |
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It can be in any major key you want to play it in. Songs may be done by the original artist in a specific key, but that doesn't mean that key works for your voices. _____________ I found the song here http://www.gatewaycitychurch.org/music/tunes.htm and as it turned out we do it as shown on that site which I think is actually G major. The chords of G major are basically G Am Bm C D Em ( plus f# diminished if you use such chords ). For D major they would be D Em F#m G A Bm -- which doesn't fit the chart on that site.
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