- I'm going to say it should be considered in the key of Dmaj, SCOM in Dbmaj. Both use a borrowed bVII7 chord ( the descending whole tone movement)null_pointer wrote:...as an aside, anyone else have Sweet Home Alabama used as the D Mixo example when having this explained to them for the first time?
- People might think of a song being in a certain key by the way it feels or resolves. This clearly in some ways is subjective.
- I might write something on the stave in a key to save on overusing accidentals on the staff lines.
- Having a key symbol indicated (before the time signature) also will not tell the student is it Cm or Ebmaj as both 3 flats (Ab, Bb, Eb)