Here's a riff that I've been struggling to figure out how to use. Should It be in a major key like this:
Or a minor key like this:
Which one do you think sounds better? I think I've already moved on to the next stage of the song, so this might already be too late.
This sort of difference illustrates a part of music theory that is often taught to the most elementary of students. I grew up with a music teacher as a parent and would always hear student lessons including the song "hot cross buns" shortly followed by "moldy buns". "Hot Cross Buns" embodied the major key, while "moldy buns" embodied the minor key. Who knew right? Moldy is minor, scary, sad, dark, flat. Hot is major, proud, resilient, bright, levened. In general terms it's quite evident to the listener, but why does the sound feel this way? I won't delve into music theory here, but it's an interesting topic none the less.
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Hey Adam, salutations from Bahrain. Just listened to both tracks and must go with the major chord structure, but the minor chord leaves a darker impression. Maybe that is more along the lines of what you'd want. But I'm sticking to the MAJOR!!
We're missing you here in the Gulf and can't wait for caucus night.
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