jvandyck87
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 15, 2009 19:26:38 GMT -5
The verses are in Db Major. But the chorus is in the relative minor. The bridge doesn't really commit to either.
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Post by atlantaboy on May 15, 2009 19:36:47 GMT -5
^Chorus of Hanging By A Moment is def. major-based...first chord is minor, but base-key is still major (Db I guess...can't tell by listening)
It's actually easier to tell if u listen to the acoustic version...the radio (and CD track) are kinda based on fifths
But still completely agree with you that most big Alternative tracks (at least of the 2000s) are in minor keys (after lookin at all those songs in previous post)
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 15, 2009 19:44:43 GMT -5
I mean I think it's arguable, what you consider the base chord. This whole discussion is arguable for that matter. Sure, the chorus resolves to the Major. But the opening chord is the minor, and it doesn't always go back to the Major. The second progression, it goes to a different chord. I think you have an argument for major though. "How You Remind Me" and "Boulevard Of Broken" dreams are ambiguous too. But both song's verses make the choruses seem minor. The rest of the examples are clear cut major or minor.
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Post by fran182 on May 21, 2009 16:00:14 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 40 on Mediabase Alternative:
50 40 FRAY Heartless 231 182 49 1.648
23 stations playing.
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