I know there is a F chord (rather than F#) during the solo. However, I was thinking Locrian mode, which is based off of the 7th step of the G major. So, it’s kind of in G major, and kind of in A minor (and sort of kind of in D major.) depending on how you want to look at it!ĭ mixolydian with an A minor section too. if you were going to write Tangerine as a piece of notation you could write it in C major and add loads of F#’s, and the occasional G# you could write it in G major (probably the easiest way to notate it) and add the odd F natural and G# or you could be really awkward and write it in D major with lots of C naturals, and the odd F natural and G#. ending on a D to take it back into D mixolydian.Īnother verse and then the solo, where something else happens! Two new chords F, and E - both major chords, and neither fit in the chords you construct in D mixolydian or G major, because there’s an F natural and a G sharp: Not so modal any more, this is a G major chorus (I,V,IV,V,I in G). The chorus happens, and there’s a change of feel - very major. But if you do that the Chorus makes less sense). (You could also choose the Am chord as I and harmonise this section in the Dorian mode instead. This is a mode - and it’s the Mixolydian mode.ĭ is chord I, G is chord IV, and Am is chord v. so we could assume D is the root and our scale becomes:ĭ,E,F#,G,A,B,C - almost D major but with a flattened 7th. Then Am, G, D, C C, G with a B bass, Am Am, G, D.īoth sequences end on D and sound ‘finished’. But there are no Em chords and no B chords (chords i and V in Em and you’re going to struggle not using those chords in that key). But it sounds like it’s a minor key? The relative minor of G is Em. Only find it slips away to grey, the hours they bring me painĬ. Here’s the lyrics and the melody notes used underneath: There is a common thread though, and that’s the notes that are used in the melody. The choruses are more major in their tonality, and the solo starts of minor and ends feeling major. The verses have a minor, slightly mournful feel to them. Look at how the different sections of the song ‘feel’: You’ve discovered one of the interesting things about trying to describe ‘popular’ music in terms of ‘keys’. Unless of course, it's in E-minor, which makes sense for the root notes of the solo (first bend and last note of is E), but then that confuses me as none of the chords played during verse and chorus are E-minor.ĭoes the song perhaps switch between minor and major from verse to chorus? Does that mean that the solo is in minor as it follows the verse rather than chorus, and is therefore in E-minor, while the melody is in G-Major during the chorus? Still, the only time G plays in the solo, is briefly as the rest from a bend to A. It fits with the chords, especially as A-minor uses the Dm chord instead of regular D like the song does. I dismissed the song being in G-Major, until I saw almost all searches lead there. I guessed A-minor/(C-Major), after using one of my favorite apps "Guitar Scales" as a practice to try to identify the root note in the solo, which I didn't think was obvious like in some solos.
I learned the song on guitar yesterday, and tried to guess the key today. Or of course when I try my hand at limited composing. Usually, I just care about Keys when I want to improv a solo, and I wanna make sure I know what notes "sound nice" so I don't need to spend time finding them on my own. I've never taken meaningful music theory lessons, but I've been trying to dip my hand into it more and more the last few years. So, I've been playing guitar for about 15 years, since I was a boy. Is it really in G-Major, like most google searches suggest? I'm a bit confused around the key of Tangerine by Led Zeppelin.
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