What's a "key" in music?

Question

I dont mean like a piano key. I mean like when people say "The key of G" or whatever.. What do they mean???

Answer 1

There are good dictionaries that you could check. Many on line.

If you are asking what does it mean to the player?

If you know that a piece of music is in "G Major" every F is going to be sharped. All other notes are natural.

If you know that a piece of music is in "B flat Major" every B and E will be flat. All other notes will be natural.

There are 12 Major and 12 Minor keys plus variations. There are also a few other types of keys.

Answer 2

What musical notes are in a musical scale.

Ex: The key of G usually means G major which has the notes G, A, B, C, D, E F#, and then G.

Answer 3

The term key is used to describe the overall note that the music is centered around. Key of G means that the music piece is centered around G, and that the scale used starts with a G note. Key can further be broken down into Major and Minor, Major generally sounding upbeat and happy, while Minor sounds sad.

Answer 4

Key signatures designate notes that are to be consistently played, and often times, the first note in a piece is often noted in the key signature. The key of G has one sharp (F) in the key signature, and a whole step up from F is G.



When someone says "The key of Eb minor", they mean the key of Eb (with 3 flats in the key signature) in a minor scale (the minor scale sounds more dark and solemn than the major scale). When someone says "Key of B major" (5 sharps), it is the key of B in a major scale.

Answer 5

keys are the different tones to play in like the key of G magor it has three chords G to start with than a sub nominate chord C and a dominate chord D7th chord and so on if you get a beginners book it will show you several keys to play like G D C F etc.

Answer 6

Basically how high or low the notes are.