opening riff of godhead's lament - E minor or G major?

[Arasmas]

lol so i finally decided to listen to the song, it's actually G minor oh wellz

 

[TommyPickles]

So basically, the OP managed to own himself repeatedly? Is that what I'm getting out of this thread?

 

[Arasmas]

ya i guess so, but the other guy was wrong too so idk

 

[L0bster]

Hahaha, nice thread. And FYI the most theoritcally knowing on this board would be Wankerness and CadenZ.

 

[Xarthaz]

lol so i finally decided to listen to the song, it's actually G minor oh wellz

Youll have more power over people and more respect if you actually apologize for mistakes instead of making bullshit excuses

 

[Arasmas]

naw it's a legitimate excuse, i just assumed the opening chord was E without checking it against my guitar, turns out it's G, so i was actually right that the key was [opening note] minor, i'm still admitting my asininity though

 

[Crepuscularia]

Well, G harmonic minor, perhaps. I't can't be natural minor because of the f# leading tone. Also there is no flat five in harmonic minor so it's not STRICTLY diatonic to that scale either. Maybe G harmonic minor with locrian tendencies? It does have have that Bb near the beginning so that certainly suggests minor, BUT the second ending has a tritone based on B natural so it 'borrows' from major...


EDIT: okay, okay. Nevermind; I was pwned.

 

[Blackened Justice]

I voted Em because it feels like minor, but listening to it and checking on my guitar, it's in G, so it's in fact, as others, including Mike, have said it, in Gm.

 

[mexicola]

Funny thread!

 

[CadenZ]

^
Lol
I was ready to beleive that you knew what you were talking about,
Right up until the "a safe harbor in the sea of tonal chaos" :b

If you have a hard time understanding metaphors (which I inserted to make things easier to understand for the not-so theoretically beread) you can always choose to not read them; or if you have a hard time discerning whether or not I know what I'm talking about by just looking at the theoretic examples I offered, well then you might need to read my metaphors to get what I mean. Oh, right.

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

Hmm... few polls fail, this one did.

 

[Ninfix]

The first three notes played in the song is the three first in the G minor scale? And so is the D after that, so it's kinda obvious?

 

[Jon Snow]

i vote e minor

 

[Fields Of Sorrow]

This thread was hilarious

 

[kalikatzaros]

LOLz awesome ownage

 

[Arasmas]

say what you will guys, half of the votes were for E minor

 

[{-sapob-}]

i didnt vote

 

[{-sapob-}]

If you have a hard time understanding metaphors (which I inserted to make things easier to understand for the not-so theoretically beread) you can always choose to not read them; or if you have a hard time discerning whether or not I know what I'm talking about by just looking at the theoretic examples I offered, well then you might need to read my metaphors to get what I mean. Oh, right.

hmm, no?

 

[Nasty-Fire]

I think what's fun here is (except Mikael's so-quick answer) that you made a poll while you seemed so fucking sure of the answer. I don't get it.

 

[Nasty-Fire]

(cannot edit, don't know why...)

...At least you were right.. and it was worth it!