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Modern minor key tracks?
I like music from most genres, but my favourite songs usually always have a minor key element to them. I want to put together a play-list of minor stuff but when I do a search on the web all that comes up is classical or folky stuff.
Can anyone suggest any modern tracks (past 10 years or so) that are minor key? Genre doesn't matter, and any album track suggestions would be great as I'm less likely to have heard them before. Even tracks that are mainly major but have, say, a minor chorus will also do. Thanks. |
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Not obscure tracks by any means but Gotye's Somebody That I Use To Know (biggest hit of the year so far) is in a minor key. So is Katy Perry's Part Of Me - the minor third fall of the "throw your sticks and stones" bit of the chorus is quite unusual in a pop song. Video Games by Lana Del Rey alternates between major and minor key.
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Thanks! Never realised "Part of Me" had minor parts til I listened to it again just now. I enjoy listening to the composition of a song, and can end up liking a track purely on how it's put together, even if it's otherwise pretty crap.
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I like music from most genres, but my favourite songs usually always have a minor key element to them. I want to put together a play-list of minor stuff but when I do a search on the web all that comes up is classical or folky stuff.
Can anyone suggest any modern tracks (past 10 years or so) that are minor key? Genre doesn't matter, and any album track suggestions would be great as I'm less likely to have heard them before. Even tracks that are mainly major but have, say, a minor chorus will also do. Thanks. Quote:
Not obscure tracks by any means but Gotye's Somebody That I Use To Know (biggest hit of the year so far) is in a minor key. So is Katy Perry's Part Of Me - the minor third fall of the "throw your sticks and stones" bit of the chorus is quite unusual in a pop song. Video Games by Lana Del Rey alternates between major and minor key.
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Here a few folkish minor key songs for you
![]() This Old Dark Machine - James Vincent McMorrow If I Had A Boat - James Vincent McMorrow 20 Years - The Civil Wars Empty - Ray LaMontagne Some songs that aren't technically in the minor key but linger a little bit in minor tonality or at least sound minor: Black River - Amos Lee Poison and Wine - The Civil Wars Born and Raised - John Mayer Cold Water - Damien Rice. I'm sure I'll think of more so I'll post back. |
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Just curious.. anyone want to explain to me what a minor key is/sounds like?
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OK not that modern, but as I'm in Rolling Stones mode... Angie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RTWzsGO4Zc |
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Gary Barlow has a penchant for switching to minor key for his choruses.
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OK not that modern, but as I'm in Rolling Stones mode... Angie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RTWzsGO4Zc |
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A lot of rock and heavy metal(especially doom metal), believe it or not is in minor keys.
A good example of a harmonic minor metal song is Sabbaths 'Children of the Grave' or melodic minor, the Pink Floyds 'Brick in the wall'. MInor keys can be sad or even ominous and 'dark '(especially the Harmonic Minor, hence its popularity in metal.) |
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The simplest way to describe it is that it sounds 'sad' if that makes any sense! If you think of the sound of the piano accompaniment in Alicia Key's Fallin'. The piano is playing minor chords. Or Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata - that's a very famous piece that's minor sounding. Hope this helps.
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Yes that's probably the best way although it doesn't always work - Hit Me Baby One More Time is in a minor key! As is Hava Nagila. And Yesterday by The Beatles is a sad song in a major key.
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Thanks for your suggestions so far- some great stuff.
Yeah, hormonic minor stuff's great. |
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Here's a great explanation of the 'sad' feel to minor keys...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDIip...e_gdata_player |
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How about some of these
Wovenhand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOMS7Pb_V94 Anathema http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp-btEBkPBk Massive Attack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEgX64n3T7g The Gathering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsGwDZu-b1g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHOhp...feature=relmfu Green Carnation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bPFk...feature=relmfu Antimatter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StDKtK0Cmw0 Lunatic Soul http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MX7qhOAjHw Blackfield http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvOBE_QnIqs I could go on all day listing these |
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A lot of Nine Inch Nails songs are in C minor. Trent Reznor's other work uses that key a lot too.
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Here's a great explanation of the 'sad' feel to minor keys...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDIip...e_gdata_player ![]() PMSL
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Just curious.. anyone want to explain to me what a minor key is/sounds like?
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Just curious.. anyone want to explain to me what a minor key sounds like?
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Moby is a big fan of minor keys
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The simplest way to describe it is that it sounds 'sad' if that makes any sense! If you think of the sound of the piano accompaniment in Alicia Key's Fallin'. The piano is playing minor chords. Or Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata - that's a very famous piece that's minor sounding. Hope this helps.
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But there are many 'upbeat' songs in minor keys too - a few ultra-contemporary examples being Lady Gaga's 'Just Dance' (most of her singles actually) and LMFAO's 'Party Rock Anthem'.
I was just trying to explain it as simply as possible. I know that back in the day when I first learned about keys and minor/major chords, that's the way it was explained to me. Obviously, tempo, arrangement and production massively affect the mood of a song also. A prime example is if you compare Britney's Baby One More Time, which is quite upbeat, to the Travis version, which is slowed down and stripped back and sounds 'sadder' and more dramatic. |
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