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When I was a kid I enjoyed annoying my parents by transposing random major-key songs into minor. I used to love doing this to "Joy to the World," among others,
by senderista 7y ago
When I was a kid I enjoyed annoying my parents by transposing random major-key songs into minor. I used to love doing this to "Joy to the World," among others, only to find later that the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society had the same idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptP0OR-e7rI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptP0OR-e7rI.
- gammarator 7y agoMy favorite version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is in a major key: https://youtu.be/dVehv_LDWaE https://youtu.be/dVehv_LDWaE
- burmer 7y agoSchubert’s ErlKoenig in major is amazing!
- Jeff_Brown 7y agoThere's a genre just starting where people electronically modify old recordings to change key. John Denver's Country Roads actually makes more sense in a minor key, to me at least: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoVtHLxNVlU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoVtHLxNVlU
- Archit3ch 7y agoTry using software to switch the mode of Wicked Game by Chris Isaak. Modes that should be "happier" in music theory end up sounding even sadder.