Talk:E minor
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[edit] "Scale" vs. "Key"
All pages for musical keys begin by stating that "E minor is a scale..." Perhaps this should instead state that—first and foremost—"E minor" refers to the key, not the scale? After all, one generally does not say "I played an E minor", but one does say "I played an E minor scale" (on the other hand, "the concerto was in E minor" is well understood to refer to the musical key). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.222.220.155 (talk) 02:09, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Keyboard Fingering
It would be a good idea to add the standard keyboard fingering for a two-octave E minor scale.
[edit] Working Class Hero
Why did someone remove this? The chord sequence is A minor, G, and D, if I am not mistaken, which would put it in E minor...
-I'm not sure, but since it doesnt have a Em and instead has a G it probably would fit better in the key of G major rather than E minor. (Someone put it back)
I have a better sense of key than anyone else I know. Working class hero is definitely in A minor, I am 100% positive. -Mg320
--Yes, in hindsight, I see that it is in A minor, which is where it should be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.230.35.141 (talk) 00:10, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Changes
I've changed E minor from HARMONIC TO NATURAL. I know that building Chords on the NATURAL MINOR degrees does not produce much in the way of chord function. For the minor keys we should build the chords off the harmonic minor degrees instead of natural minor. (Additional sharped seventh).
But all n-MINOR pages on WIKI refer to natural minor so it will be confusing if Em and Bm are suddenly refered to harmonic minor. Also if it is relative to G which has only one sharp.
[edit] Hotel California
Hotel California isn't in Em , it's in Bm
I know. That's why I erased it. -Cbsteffen
[edit] Erasing Songs
Don't keep erasing too many songs! I only got rid of "Hotel California" because of what somebody said above. Cbsteffen
[edit] Guitar key
"For a classically tuned guitar, E minor is the most characteristic key, since the tonic chord is available using as many as four open strings."
This statement, although it is occasionally heard, is subjective and the justification provided above is weak. More important, or at very least as important in terms of western musical practise, is the availability of tonic and dominant notes in the lower register, in that respect the keys A and a minor are happiest on a guitar in that tuning. It is easier to arrange and set music of those keys on the guitar than Em. Em must always use a stopped note as a the bass of any inversion of the dominant chord save a 4 2 in respect to B7. To define Em as ther "characteristic musical key" due to its tonic being the closest sounding chord that open strings produce is an error. RichardJ Christie 06:57, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Well-known music in this key
I plan on deleting any unsourced entries from this in a few weeks. (Listening to a piece and trying to figure out the key is not a source, and is also WP:OR.) Torc2 (talk) 08:22, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
