Okay, so I was messing around with some music stuff, trying to figure out this song I heard. It had this, like, witchy vibe, you know? Super cool, but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what key it was in. It sounded kinda minor, but not quite… So I started my little investigation.
Trying to Find the “Witchcraft” Key
First, I grabbed my guitar. My trusty old acoustic. I figured, best way to figure this out is to just start playing around. I started with some basic minor chords – Am, Em, Dm – the usual suspects. Nope, none of them quite fit the mood. They were too… normal. This song was definitely not normal.
- Tried Am: Too sad.
- Tried Em: Closer, but still not there.
- Tried Dm: Nope, too… I don’t know, heavy?
Then I thought, maybe it’s a mode! I’m not a huge theory nerd, but I know a little bit about modes. So I started messing with the Phrygian mode. That one’s got that kinda Spanish, slightly spooky sound, right? I played around with E Phrygian (which is basically all the white keys on a piano starting on E). Hmmm… getting closer! It had that unsettling vibe, but still wasn’t exactly it.
I spent a good hour just going back and forth, trying different finger positions, different inversions of chords. I even pulled up a piano app on my phone to try and visualize the notes better. Nothing was fully clicking, but the Phrygian thing was the best so far.
I decided to focus on the melody. I hummed the main tune over and over, trying to pinpoint the notes. I realized there was this one note that kept popping up, a note that wasn’t quite in the Phrygian scale. It was a raised 4th,I finaly find. Bingo!
So, I finally cracked it! It wasn’t just Phrygian. Adding this accidental note give me the answer.
It wasn’t about finding one “magic” key. It was about tweaking things, adding a little spice, a little something unexpected. That’s what gave it that “witchcraft” feel. Sometimes, it’s the notes outside the key that make all the difference.
