It transposes nicely into easy keys for wind instruments. I've never learned any other artist's funk and I wonder if they use it, too or if that's just Prince?īb is a fairly common key especially when horns are involved. Prince uses Bb for almost all his funk songs. Or the NPG lick-the-sweat-off-of-Prince's-guitar-and-face guy.ĭo you have other examples? This stuff is fascinating. I doubt I could give Renato a run for his money yet, but I'll try. I sure do enjoy Prince, is all I can say.Īnybody know if Prince is holding auditions? I'd love to play in his band! Piano, guitar, bass, violin, sing backups, hell, even a bit of accordion. Leave it to a genius like Prince to come up with those crazy sonic combinations that work like a dream. Usually, the G-natural in the bass and G-sharp in the voice would clash, but it works. "7" (and yet many more songs) has a bass line that vamps over the phrase: "A.E G E G E A.E G E G E," and yet Prince's vocals will sing an E7 chord over the same line. "Hello" (and many other Prince songs, for that matter) seems to simultaneously function as a song in B-flat major and B-flat minor. "17 Days" is in G minor, but the vocal lines imply B-flat major and even F major over that. "Sign 'O' The Times" has a bass line that is mostly C minor, but Prince sings the verses in C Mixolydian. Really, we could start an entire thread on Prince songs in which his singing implies a different key than the one in which the song is written or played. Well, if you wanted to get technical, the song is really in G Dorian, which is, key signature-wise, the same as F major, but is more closely related to G minor than F major.įor example, you wouldn't say "Oye Como Va," which is in A Dorian, is in the key of G major, would you?Īnd to add to the confusion, the vocal line is kinda sung in B-flat major. Though there's a reference to G minor in this song, the song's in F major.G minor works in it, though, but as the second. G minor: "Power Fantastic" (without a doubt). E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator On "The Hits/The B-sides," it is in D minor. Oh, and I've never heard "4 The Tears In Ur Eyes" in C# minor. Call it a musician's thread if u will, but here are my choices.Ĭ major.I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Manĭ minor: "Strange Relationship" (as on One Nite Alone.Live!)
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