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dlwalke
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dlwalke
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11/19/2020 9:47 pm

Well, who doesn't? But I digress.

All kidding aside, I was trying to work out the theme to the "I Dream of Jeannie" theme music the last few days. It was fun. After getting the melody notes, I wanted to see what key it was in, as an aid to possibly trying to figure out some chords to go with it. All the notes fell within the key of F, except one distinct section had some out of key notes. Those notes however all fit within the key of G#, which at first I thought was a bit odd...but OK. That section, which begins at 24", has a kind of wistful quality to it. Then I realized that G# has the same notes as F minor. So that section is really in A minor [EDIT: correction - F minor), and it all made perfect sense. Anyway, it was a fun little project and for me really drove home the idea of parallel minor scales and how they can be incorporated and used to great effect.