Lesson 2 - exercise 4.7
The "Music Theory Study 1" lesson in level 2 is very interesting, especially section 4.But I have a very important question to ask: in exercise 4.7 you say that the key is often written in chords (for example chord of "F") but studying the first two songs we learned, Walk With Me and Temperature, I find the chords of "I" and "I7" written, and I don't understand how I can find the key?What connection is there between the two ways of writing chords, please?Thanks Tiziano
Ok, I see.
So if I understood, you didn't put the key signature in the exercises we studied because you put the key in the title of exercise, because there are four sharps in E key.
Is it correct?
All of my music is based on "thinking" as if you're using a C Harmonica.
C Harmonica in C is 1st Position. C Harmonica in G is 2nd Position (I don't put the F# in the key signature because we know we're using the C Harmonica, which does not have an F# naturally available to it). C Harmonica in D is 3rd Position (I don't put the F# and C# in the key signature because we know we're using the C Harmonica, which does not have the F# and C# naturally available to it).
So... all notation is based on the C Harmonica. You will learn this in Music Theory Study 2.
The beauty of playing the harmonica is that you can play in any key... just grab which key of harmonica you want to play, but you can always "think" as if you're using the C Harmonica... it will always lead to the correct hole to play. This speeds up the learning process enormously (saves you from having to memorize, and be able to read in, 12 keys of harmonica).
I understand, thank you very much.
Tiziano
My pleasure
Hello Tiziano. When Roman Numerals are used, you'll want to look at the key signature (at the beginning of each line of music it will have sharps or flats notated). Looking at Ex. 3.5 that you filled in, you can match up the amount of sharps or flats to the key (For example... if you see three sharps [#] in the key signature, that is the key of A).
Do keep in mind that a song can be in minor. If the song sounds dark/minor, do a quick Google search on "relative minors" and you'll see that the key of A major share the same key signature as F# minor.