# Jazz key/harmony

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [May 4, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-key-harmony/1001145 "2024-05-04T20:59:21Z")\
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What key would you say the following song is in?  
[![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/pw/AP1GczNXT_ccSE4vFQQIBnkRhH11czVQB-O_jop2IB3V8zb-hEBQSsgwFL1ZUhuT7LUlHYfr6YBGIYyPolgMvOn6OQrn_mTT6ARCvj3wPzSRJHQvzVaD9WA=s1600?rhlupa=MjYyMDo3OjYwMDE6OmZmZmY6Yzc1OTplNjQ0) ](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/pw/AP1GczNXT_ccSE4vFQQIBnkRhH11czVQB-O_jop2IB3V8zb-hEBQSsgwFL1ZUhuT7LUlHYfr6YBGIYyPolgMvOn6OQrn_mTT6ARCvj3wPzSRJHQvzVaD9WA=s1600?rhlupa=MjYyMDo3OjYwMDE6OmZmZmY6Yzc1OTplNjQ0)

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C

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M flat diminished

Atonal??

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**Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-key-harmony/1001145/4 "2024-05-05T16:06:08Z")

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> [@DPRK](#):
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> What key would you say the following song is in?

Do you have a pointer to any recording of this? I find it hard to decode from the sheet music but hearing the actual voicings would probably help.

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-key-harmony/1001145/5 "2024-05-05T18:17:19Z")

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It’s almost a functional Bb blues, right up until the point where it isn’t.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p2l7MyqjaEY/maxresdefault.jpg "John Cotton") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2l7MyqjaEY)