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Burning Down · 08-14-2012, 07:04 AM

Sounds like its in D minor, but borrowing chords from the relative major key, which is F. D minor and F major are related because they have the exact same key signature, one flat (Bb).

I don't hear the raised 7th note which is used in minor keys most of the time, so that makes it hard to determine if it's really minor. But I DO hear the flattened 3rd in the tonic chord D minor, which is an F (in D major it would be F#).

So yeah, it's in D minor but most definitely borrowing chords from F major.

08-14-2012, 07:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	Sounds like its in D minor, but borrowing chords from the relative major key, which is F. D minor and F major are related because they have the exact same key signature, one flat (Bb). I don't hear the raised 7th note which is used in minor keys most of the time, so that makes it hard to determine if it's really minor. But I DO hear the flattened 3rd in the tonic chord D minor, which is an F (in D major it would be F#). So yeah, it's in D minor but most definitely borrowing chords from F major.