Kyle Boreing
May 13, 2009
Observations
Albums in the key of….the same??
Listening to the clips of the new Oaks album, I noticed something that quite a few of the songs have in common….three of the four of the five songs I’ve heard thus far are in the key of E (one major, two minor, and one in E blues, which is essentially E major with a lot of 7′s). This isn’t necessarily a BAD thing, but is somewhat unusual in a group setting, where multiple members usually allow for more versatility in their arrangements.
With soloists, this is a little more commonplace, given their limited range. The first that comes to mind is Conway Twitty’s final album, where many of the songs were in either E or A.
Are there any other albums you can think of where the majority of the songs are in the same key?
