Trying to learn some music theory and a bit confused on this aspect. Say I'm writing a song and I've decided the key is D major, so I've written the chord progression of the lead synth to use the notes D, E, F#, G, A, B, and C#. Should all of the other elements of the track be based on the frequencies of these notes? Like, should I be tuning all the different parts my drums based on those frequencies, or are there specific drum elements that should be in key? And what about things like trap chants, am I ever supposed to transpose those based on my song's key?
Submitted February 26, 2017 at 08:07PM by chewymammoth https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/5wd3rx/when_writing_a_song_in_a_specific_key_do_all/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Sunday, February 26, 2017