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    Tech Mentor Razzlesnaz's Avatar
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    I am a perpetual student of EDM and music theory. Two really helpful places for a theory noob like myself have been:

    This site is ableton based and show some really useful ways of visualizing chords and keys and piano rolls
    http://www.anthonyarroyodotcom.com/t.../music-theory/ TACheader.png

    This site is really good for a beginner to understand basic key structure and chord maps for underanding how to get back to a root note.
    http://chordmaps.com/ shapeimage_14.png

    And this android app is super useful for me to remember what chords are within a key.
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...oid.chordwheel


    I really like house music for production but I am having trouble finding a place for chords in house. Am i off base? I find that arpeggiated chords are all over trance which is cool but I am not into making trance.
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    Actually a lot of contemporary dance music from UK is now using very atonal scales which me thinks is fun.
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    Contact me if you have a cool musical idea. @kentsandvik

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    If you really need a key, I'm going to go with the two most popular being Cm and F#m. The truth is that the most popular producers use the key that fits the moods and emotions they want. A good baseline is that pretty much all of it is in minor keys.

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