E major
Guitar-friendly bright key
E major is a musical key based on the note E, with four sharps in its key signature.
It has a bright, brilliant quality that makes it popular for rock guitar (the low E string rings sympathetically) and triumphant classical passages: Vivaldi's "Spring" is in E major.
She transposed the song to E major to better suit her vocal range.
Music organized around tonic
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
tonic · dominant · subdominant · chord progression · diatonic · relative minor · C-sharp minor · key signature
Simultaneous note combinations
- triadGroup of three
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
cadence · subdominant · resolution · barre chord · power chord · fingering · inversion
tonality
Music organized around tonic
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
modulation · tonic · dominant · subdominant · chord progression · diatonic · relative minor · C-sharp minor · key signature · Vivaldi
chords
Simultaneous note combinations
- triadGroup of three
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
resonance · cadence · subdominant · resolution · barre chord · power chord · fingering · inversion
bright
Emitting or reflecting light
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- triumphantJoyfully victorious
- joyfulFeeling great happiness
brilliant · luminous · sunny · uplifting · exuberant · heroic · celebratory · majestic · glorious · jubilant
E majorB-flat major
Musical key, two flats
B-flat minor · F major · B minor · A major