Music Theory Key of Songs
Sun, 04/14/2013 - 21:04
So I got this cool 100 Blues Riffs on Alto Sax. I want to play some of the stuff on harmonica but the key of the songs the licks are in isn't listed. So I used the method of counting the sharps at the beginning of the notation (ex. 2 sharps=key of D). I've run into a bit of difficulty with songs in minor though. Are there different rules? For example I have a riff that has 3 sharps listed at the beginning of the notation. I would think it would be listed as being in the key of A but it's made up of F#m7.
Do research on "relative minor." The quick answer is figure out the major key (key of A in your example) and go down a minor 3rd for the relative minor key (F# in this case).