Queen, another one bites the dust... E or F minor?

[iconic]

Hi guys, great doc' on Queen last night, wow what a song cataloge they have.

Anyway, I had to have a noodle on another one bites the dust...all the sheet music I've seen for this has it in E minor, but noodling along it sounds closer to F minor to my poor ears....any ideas or is it just my ears? Maybe E 'n a bit minor?

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsJcg-g1pg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsJcg-g1pg[/url]

cheers guys

[Hot Tub]

I know know from experience that some bands made very slight alterations to the pitch of a song by varying the master tape speed. Madness are famous for it. Maybe it was just to get the precise "feel" that they wanted? Who knows? In these cases, I use something simple (like Audacity) to correct it.

[seashell]

I'm glad you posted this cos my bass teacher taught it to me in E minor. But when I tried playing along to a CD I thought it sounded a bit off. Not just me then!
I think it's E and a bit minor, like you said! Lol

[KevB]

Probably fiddling around with the varispeed, try playing along to The Cure's 'Friday I'm In Love' for another example. Or Jumpin' Jack Flash.

[phil.i.stein]

Led Zep's D-yer Maker has it's very own unique tuning too..

[Ziphoblat]

If you're just playing along to the Youtube version be wary that sometimes uploaders used to adjust the pitch and tempo of at track slightly in order to avoid it being picked up on by the record labels (they had some algorithms to scour YouTube for copyrighted material).

[lowdowner]

I'm having this problem with Hendrix - his tuning is generally as flakey as his drug-addled head...

If in doubt, play the 'lower' of the two keys - people react better to slightly flat than slight sharp (something to do with flats being quietly comfortable and sharps being 'jaggy' and difficult)

[WhoNeedsYou]

I've no idea as I'm musically inferior, but it involves lots of open E strings!

[Silvia Bluejay]

Get a fretless

Jokes aside, if I don't want to bother using software to get dodgy sounding songs back to normal, playing fretless (5er in my case, cos I just love it!) really is the quickest solution.

[WhoNeedsYou]

It does sound slightly off in the original, but try "live at wembley" to play along with and its fine

[WhoNeedsYou]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KFksPc83IU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Silvia Bluejay]

... and, when in doubt, if it's rock (or trad metal) it's [i]very [/i]likely to be in E minor

[tonybassplayer]

And who would have thought that such a simple bass line would make one man so much money. I am led to believe John Deacon has earned a fortune from it with it being used on things like Gladiators etc ( sat night tv not the Russell Crowe epic obviously )

[Highfox]

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And who would have thought that such a simple bass line would make one man so much money. I am led to believe John Deacon has earned a fortune from it with it being used on things like Gladiators etc ( sat night tv not the Russell Crowe epic obviously )
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and he can thank Bernard Edwards for the inspiration.

Edited February 12, 2013 by Highfox

[WhoNeedsYou]

He's a very talented bass player & songwriter.

[risingson]

[quote name='tonybassplayer' timestamp='1360675288' post='1974319']
And who would have thought that such a simple bass line would make one man so much money. I am led to believe John Deacon has earned a fortune from it with it being used on things like Gladiators etc ( sat night tv not the Russell Crowe epic obviously )
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That, and 'You're My Best Friend' and 'I Want to Break Free' amongst others. The guy is very deserving of his fortune, a key songwriter in the band at the time.