Would a hitting song written in a major key still be a hit song if it were written in a small-scale key instead? Y'all can exist the judge.

When an artist begins writing a new vocal, ane of the outset choices they must brand is whether to write in a major or minor key. Songs in small have a fundamentally dissimilar audio from songs in major.

Because of this primal departure, it can exist fun/interesting to hear how your favorite songs sound when they are switched from major to minor or vice versa. For instance, "Hey Jude" by The Beatles is a happy song written in a major key. Take a listen to the start 4 bars:

"Hey Jude" past The Beatles

A re-mix produced by Kurt Hugo Schneider places "Hey Jude" in a minor fundamental. Click play to hear the first four bars of "Hey Jude" in minor:

"Hey Jude (In Modest)" by Hugo Schneider

It'southward quite a different sound, right ?

Hear (Almost) Whatsoever Song in Any Key/Scale

If you want to hear how other songs sound when switched from major to minor, starting today, all 12000+ songs in Hooktheory'southward Theorytab Library can now be played dorsum in any fundamental or style. Theorytabs are tabs that show the theory behind popular songs; they remove the details of instrumentation/arrangement, allowing you to hear and sympathise the pure chords and melody that make upward a vocal. Before you explore the library on your ain, we've curated a couple cool examples for you.

Here is the Theorytab of "Bare Space" by Taylor Swift, a song written in a major key:

"Blank Space" by Taylor Swift (Original)


Click play beneath to see and hear how the chords and melody change when "Blank Space" is transposed to pocket-size.

"Blank Infinite" in Minor


Major and pocket-size are interesting, just the other less mutual modes have their own cool audio likewise. Here is "American Pie" by Don McLean, another major song:

"American Pie" past Don McLean

At present mind to how it sounds in the dorian way.

"American Pie" transposed to dorian

Explore Over 12000 Songs on Your Ain

Transposing any of the 12000+ songs in the Theorytab Library into new modes and keys is super like shooting fish in a barrel: on a tab page, click the "primal" button and select the key and mode you desire, as shown below:

how to transpose theorytab into new mode

Some songs sound amazing in dissimilar unlike keys/modes, while others… not and so much. Explore the Theorytab library to find the ones that sounds that best and let us know what you lot find!