The key is the Tonika (tonics? I don't know if that is the correct translation) of your scale, pretty much. A good way to find it is to just walk the scale and hear when it comes home (you'll know). There are a ton of music theory resources, some of them even linked in the sticky threads here, so I suggest you read up on this!

The key isn't a parameter you set, but something that emerges.

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i read a lot of music theory but i'm still confused about key ? if i play in A minor scale then my key is A? or it can be every note in that scale? how to play in key in fruity ? setting all samples to same root note?

In the Aminor scale, the tonic is A. Roots are to do with the chord inversion. With Aminor once more, the root position is A, C, E, A

1st inversion is CEA
2nd is EAC
...going up the keyboard.

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i know plenty of music theory,i know what is root note in chord,but what is root note in fruity channel settings and what it have to do with "playing in key of"?

the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.
the key is not a parameter you set, but a quality of the song that emerges as you play it.





Edit: the root note determines the frequency with which the sample is played at a certain note (C4 or C3 in most sequencers). This allows you to tune samples that were recorded at another frequency. It has nothing to do with the key of the song.

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Last edited by wayfinder on Dec-09-2004 at 12:04

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Originally posted by krivi i read a lot of music theory but i'm still confused about key ? if i play in A minor scale then my key is A? or it can be every note in that scale? how to play in key in fruity ? setting all samples to same root note?

One thing to know is that the word "key" can mean two things:

A: A note on your keyboard, like C, or B# or something like that

B: A collection of notes that sound a certain way, for example C major or E minor. C major includes the notes C,D,E,F,G,A,B, while E minor includes the notes E,F#,G,A,B,C,D. Then there are chords, for example C-Major chord is CEGA, try playing that chord and listen to it, it sounds, and then play some of the notes in C major at the same time. You hear how it all "fits" together?? (a chord is actually just a group of notes, including a root note. ) -- > this may not be totally acurate, I don't have time to explain this in great depth..


So, playing in key means using the correct notes, so if you compose you tune with a bass track that's made up from C and E, your tune would be C major. It can be something else, but it will sound different.
note: bass notes are often taken from the chords and broken down to one or two notes at a time), something like C-C-(high)C-G-(high)C could make a pretty cool bass track

Oh, and don't mess with the sample's pitch/key, the sample is taken from a certain note, and if you don't set the correct note you'll be playing the sample off-key.. For example, if I have a sample of a piano playing the A note, and I set the root-key to C, I'll always be playing the sample 3 notes too low (I play C on the keyboard, it actually plays A, I play E and it actually plays C#)

http://www.musictheory.net/ - there is a tutorial (tutorials, actually) on keys there

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Originally posted by Low Profile C-Major chord is CEGA

Not, it's CEG

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