In the key of dubstep - music theory
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if its not a dark melody then effects and so on won't make it dark. darkness to me is a combination of a dark melody and a dark sound, but if the melody is sunshine and flowers then a dark sound wont help...
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you might write a track in a certain key. But if it's to be used in a mix then it's probably going to be pitched up, at least slightly. So the whole idea of writing a track in specifically D is sort of pointless because it won't get listened to in D unless pitch is on 0
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I've got a feeling most didgeridoos are played in F#Apathesis wrote:Ramadanman once said that it's good to stick to keys around F because F is a good frequency for a sub - so keys like F harmonic minor, phrygian etc are good keys for dark and low.
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This is true... but oddly, one of the few instances where comparing to classical music can be inappropriate. I agree that every key has its own characteristics & flavors, but classical composers had other considerations that electronic composers do not.Caeraphym wrote: listen to some Beethoven in a different scale and the feeling/mood/athmosphere of the piece changes COMPLETELY. There's a good reaon why he chose to write something in G and not B, or D etc.
For instance- various keys have different implications for different acoustic instruments. Part of the reason D minor sounds so different on a cello than in C# minor, is the resonance of the instrument. In D minor, all of the open strings (A, D, G & C) are used in the D minor scale (D - E - F - G - A - Bb - C - D), so you get a lot more overtone resonance from the instrument. However, in C# minor, you don't have the same sympathetic resonances (C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A - B - C#).
That is why... if playing as a cellist, I prefer D minor, G minor & C minor... however, as an electronic composer, I have no such hang ups. There is no such thing (in electronic music) as "the darkest key", etc.
To take it a step further... something ya'll might be interested in is an mpfree release I will have out in June on Acroplane. Inspired by Bach's "Well Tempered Klavier", Paganini's "Twenty-Four Caprices" & Shostakovich's "Twenty-Four Preludes & Fugues".... I am writing "Twenty-Four Breakbeats". A breakbeat piece in every major & minor key. Check for it in a couple months.

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Sounds ominously interesting, look forward to hearing what you come up with. Good luck with your endeavours breadbin!mad ep wrote:To take it a step further... something ya'll might be interested in is an mpfree release I will have out in June on Acroplane. Inspired by Bach's "Well Tempered Klavier", Paganini's "Twenty-Four Caprices" & Shostakovich's "Twenty-Four Preludes & Fugues".... I am writing "Twenty-Four Breakbeats". A breakbeat piece in every major & minor key. Check for it in a couple months.
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