What Is Officially The Lowest Key In Music |
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What Is Officially The Lowest Key In Music |
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Aug 6 2008, 09:49 PM |
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B...
Is the line of notes, as far as I know. That means that D would be lower than E, no? |
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Aug 8 2008, 07:14 PM
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There is no answer...Octaves go up infinity and down infinity.
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Aug 9 2008, 02:51 PM |
Hi there - sorry I took a while to get to this, I have been traveling on business ...
So, my answer is that it depends on the singer! Every singer has a range of notes, and the aim here is to fit the song into the singers useful range. The way this is usually done is to find the highest note in the song and match it to te highest note the singer can comfortably sing, and then figure out the key from that. Some people will then take it up a semitone or even a tone higher on the theory that stretching the singer just a little gives a better performance. From a guitarists point of view, this can suck badly - you come up with a killer riff with a cool little open chord here that resonates nicely, then you have top move it up 5 frets for the singer - your open chord no longer works and the riff sounds horrible now, even if you use a capo. But, at the end of it all, the singer carries the song so we have to give in to them ... Now, to answer your question in exact theory terms - as others have said, there is no highest or lowest in absolute terms, the keys go on forever, and if you jump up say a 5th, that is exactly the same as jumping down a 4th, just different octaves. So in fact, you have a choice too - if the singer wants to go up, you can accommodate that by going up OR down, to find a set of chords or riffs that sounds best on the guitar! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Nov 27 2008, 08:54 AM |
In music theres no such thing as a lowest or highest note. But, there can be notes which i will say is so high or low that its impossible for humans to hear it. For example "dogflutes". U blow in it, but u cant hear a single thing. But the dog can hear it ...
So what im saying is.. U cant really define the lowest or highest note in music.. QUOTE I know for a 6 string guitar the lowest possible note is E Nonononono ! It aaalll depends on the tuning. My band plays in drop c tuning. There C is the lowest note were playing. And the thicker the strings, the lower u can tune the guitar without the strings getting all flappy... Tell me if i got ur Q wrong... This post has been edited by Pizzoaro: Nov 27 2008, 08:57 AM -------------------- "Never give up!"
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Nov 27 2008, 09:11 AM |
On a piano the lowest key is to the far left
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Nov 27 2008, 09:45 AM |
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