The Pixies "wheres my mind". what scales it in?

[so-shoot-me]

ahoy there mates. what scales this in? need to know so i can create a solo pour moi band

[black guy]

why don't you just pick up your guitar see what notes sound good?

[Dave de Sylvia]

You can write solos but you don't know how to figure out what key a song is in?

[Matt?]

probably e minor.

on a whim.

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there's ur solo

yeah it's probably in e minor

[pulseczar]

You can write solos but you don't know how to figure out what key a song is in?

How do you? I've been curious for a while.

[Dave de Sylvia]

You look up the tabs.

[sr800bkBassist]

How do you? I've been curious for a while.

figuring out a key is just figuring out what notes are in the song. if the notes are C D E F G A B, it's in the key of C. if it's E F# G# A B C# D#, it's E. so on and so forth. annoying but not really complicated.

[pulseczar]

thanks man, i've looked it up/asked a couple of times and that's the first time it's been explained to me in a way that it makes sense. i find most music theory pointless to learn and consequentially makes it harder when i do find something i want to know about, as well as making me look really stupid.

[sr800bkBassist]

thanks man, i've looked it up/asked a couple of times and that's the first time it's been explained to me in a way that it makes sense. i find most music theory pointless to learn and consequentially makes it harder when i do find something i want to know about, as well as making me look really stupid.

yeah, i never learn anything until it's explained in english. "5ths" "6ths" "7ths" "diminished" "augmented" etc don't really compute with me.

[Sepstrup]

How do you? I've been curious for a while.

Look at the circle of fifths and compare it to the sheet notes. But note that CDEFGB can be C major, A minor and a number of other keys (D Dorian etc.). It depends on the root note, but in pop-rock it's usually just major or minor (which means you only need the circle of fifths). If the song only has the notes CDEFGB and the song ends on a C, it's most likely a C major scale.

Music theory is only pointless until you understand it, really.

[bleep_bloop]

shouldnt this be in the guitar forum...?