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Just curious if dubstep always has to be in a minor key, because to be honest, I've never heard a "happy" sounding dubstep.

Mr chips by rusko. Thats happy sounding

You can also be in harmonic minor keys or even diminished keys to get the "sad" feel. You can even use a major key and use a phrygian mode. Most funky dubstep would use the mixoloydian scale and the major scale. I am pretty sure Flux Pavilion uses the major scale in his songs by the way.

Sinestepper wrote:Mr chips by rusko. Thats happy sounding

Most of Rusko is happy sounding

ehbrums1 wrote:

Sinestepper wrote:Mr chips by rusko. Thats happy sounding

Most of Rusko is happy sounding

And most of it is a bit crap,

True but I do enjoy hornz cru

Major being "happy" and Minor being "sad" is like Fishprice's "My First Music Lesson".


I have heard tunes in major which are daunting and tunes in Minor which are upbeat and make you smile.


Scales are just sequences of notes and theres so many options thats eventually you'll find sequences which destroy every 'rule' there is.


To answer your question though, yes, there is Dubstep in Major and Minor.

ehbrums1 wrote:True but I do enjoy hornz cru

Im a massive fan of his older dubbed out stuff (king George and lions paw are excellent). Just not his new bollocks.

Pretty much all my stuff is in major

Who cares? Produce music expressing your feelings!

legend4ry wrote:Major being "happy" and Minor being "sad" is like Fishprice's "My First Music Lesson".


I have heard tunes in major which are daunting and tunes in Minor which are upbeat and make you smile.


Scales are just sequences of notes and theres so many options thats eventually you'll find sequences which destroy every 'rule' there is.


To answer your question though, yes, there is Dubstep in Major and Minor.

Came to say this, and honestly I'm far from an expert on anything musical. All I know is that with something as subjective as a song being "happy" or "sad", there are very few stone chiseled rules about what you can do to achieve either.

I also say it doesn't matter. Every scale has notes in all of the basic relative modes. Simplistically; Em = Gmaj, Am = Cmaj, etc. and all the other basic modes are found starting on any note other than the root of the minor (or other) scale and following the same notes of the original scale up an octave.
I think the game is to express what you are trying to express regardless of the key. And why not throw some key changes in there? =)

jamesmakan wrote:why not throw some key changes in there? =)

I can just imagine it. 2nd drop starts to fade to an outro then BOOM modulates up a major second and repeats, cheesy pop style

mitchAUS wrote:

jamesmakan wrote:why not throw some key changes in there? =)

I can just imagine it. 2nd drop starts to fade to an outro then BOOM modulates up a major second and repeats, cheesy pop style

lmao, now I see why there are corn emoticons.
I was thinking more along the lines of bad-ass Animals as Leaders style, key change into 9/4 time signature.

legend4ry wrote:Major being "happy" and Minor being "sad" is like Fishprice's "My First Music Lesson".


I have heard tunes in major which are daunting and tunes in Minor which are upbeat and make you smile.


Scales are just sequences of notes and theres so many options thats eventually you'll find sequences which destroy every 'rule' there is.


To answer your question though, yes, there is Dubstep in Major and Minor.

classicaldubstep wrote:Just curious if dubstep always has to be in a minor key, because to be honest, I've never heard a "happy" sounding dubstep.

NOW YOU HAVE

http://www.mediafire.com/?sipsl6dm4g4kuj8

I wrote something in a major key back when I first started making dubstep; my mates said it sounded like something from Crash Bandicoot

kingdom come by dubwoofa is a great tune.
not sure what key its in, but rides the happy / deep side

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awesome happy/euphoric dubstep