nullwaveNov 19, 2022
Sean Carroll

Seems like a market opportunity!

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Pop songs don’t have key changes anymore.

https://tedium.co/2022/11/09/the-death-of-the-key-change

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JohnDCook/status/1593782437372469249

How the Billboard Hot 100 Lost Interest in the Key Change

One of the key changes—pun intended—to the pop charts in the last 60 years is the demise of key changes. What happened?

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Show threadArmanNov 19, 2022
@seanmcarroll this shows it: there's science in *everything*!
Show threadColin BischoffNov 19, 2022
@seanmcarroll but how many of those key changes were just repeating the final verse pitched up by one step to make it more dramatic?
Show threadDerek VandivereNov 19, 2022
@seanmcarroll James Brown can no longer take it to the bridge.
Show threadSearkeNov 19, 2022

@seanmcarroll

I've always felt like the key change in pop music wasn't really tonally interesting or complex. It just served to repeat the main theme. This is a good development IMO.

Show thread𝓖𝓲𝓪 𝓜𝓸𝓻𝓪 (she/her)Nov 19, 2022
@seanmcarroll Oooh, love me a good key change. Next songwriting challenge accepted.