
These include Beethoven’s Piao Sonata No. That said, quite a few notable musical works have been written in the key. If you write music and want to create a song that sounds unique, you might consider writing it in the key of A♭ major. In 1806, poet and composer Christian Schubart wrote that A flat major was the “key of the grave” and that “death, grave, putrefaction, judgment, eternity lie in its radius.” It’s moody for a major key, and you’ll start to get a sense of that as you practice the A flat major scale on the piano keyboard. However, as you master this and other scales, you’ll become a versatile musician who can write and improvise in any key.

If you want you can look more in to chord progressions here: /chord-progression-map.The A flat major scale likely won’t be among the first you learn on the piano. Here’s a table with some jazzy chords that should play along with each other quite nicely. If your composition is in a certain key, let’s say C major for an example, you have certain chords that probably sound nice on the track. However there’s some rules you can try out if you wish. Music doesn’t have to sound harmonic and some dissonance or noise belongs to a track as much as the artist wants it to belong. Obviously you can play whatever notes and chords you like to. (Use left/right arrows to adjust with keyboard)Īudio Synthesizer, created by Keith William Horwood What chords and notes to play?

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