![]() The key of E Minor uses the notes E, F#, G, A, B, C, and D, which will look something like this in your piano roll editor:Īnd there you have it… an idea for a track in E Minor! This should help you quickly and simply build your EDM tracks in key. Say we want to write a track in E Minor (although you can choose any key). We will go through each of the keys you’re most likely to use for writing EDM, but first I want to take you through how to use them. How to quickly write music in key using your DAW: Your DAW will only display the black notes with a ”#” symbol, and never with a ”♭” symbol, because a) your DAW doesn’t know which key you’re writing in and b) the “#” symbol is native to software, whereas “♭” is not. Here is a diagram to show you what I mean: if you see a C# written, it means play the black note directly above C, and if you see an E♭ written it means play the black note directly below E). You don’t need to worry about that too much… Just remember that when you see a sharp symbol (“#”), it means to play one half-step ABOVE the written note, and a flat symbol (“♭”), one half-step BELOW (e.g. In your DAW’s piano roll editor (and on a piano) you’ll see there are white notes and black notes, which are referred to as either “flats” or “sharps” (depending on what key you’re in). Sharps, flats, white notes and black notes: Just count the intervals using the configurations above! ![]() ![]() So you can see from the examples above, working out the notes in any key is easy. As you can see, they both have the same configuration of intervals between each note, too (but different from major keys) (Root Note –> 2 –> 1 –> 2 –> 2 –> 1 –> 2 –> 2): You’ll see they both have the same configuration of intervals between each note (Root Note –> 2 –> 2 –> 1 –> 2 –> 2 –> 2 –> 1):Īnd below are images of the keys of D Minor and F Minor. So, for instance, the images below are of the keys of C Major and A Major.
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