Reflection 10

This week we looked at utilising the minor key and writing songs utilising it. According to music theory, minor keys are related to the major key, with the minor key’s root note being the major sixth of its relative major(1). Other than that, the key signatures remains the same. I’ve always been interested in utilising harmonic minor, as I find writing in minor keys sounds very similar to writing in the relative major. However, for this class we practiced a classmates song, which was written in E minor. While we prepared this song, we did not end up performing it and I don’t think we will next week. Next week we will have access to a full performance set up, which I will probably use to perform with my band, as we are being assessed on that song. I’m hoping to perform two songs, but we are unsure if time will permit.

Chords:

Verse: Am, Fmaj7, Em

Chorus: Am, Fmaj7, G 

(1) Rotumah, Grayson. “Harmony: Minor Key Areas” Workshop presented at the course Song Writing and Performance 1A, Hartley Building, University of Adelaide, 23 May, 2022