Community Challenge 22 | Write something in the key of Eb Major (Patreon)

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Hi Everyone,

Each week I ask my patrons to participate in a Community Challenge. This is a writing exercise designed to get you into the habit of using what you've learned here to be creative.

This week, the challenge is: Write something in the key of Eb Major

You can write anything you want! Sad, happy, weird, folk, rock - I don't care! As long as it's in the key of Eb Major, anything is welcome.

As usual, keep in mind that what you write can be really fancy using a DAW or full blown recording studio OR you can write a partial, half-baked concept that takes 5 seconds to play into your voice memos on your phone. I'll gladly accept both extremes and everything in between because this isn't about performance, but about being creative.

Along with the audio of your creation, please write a little explanation of what you've written and why you're convinced it's in the key of Eb.

Post your creations to THE COMMUNITY FORUM 

All you need to know is:

A) how to make an Eb major scale (Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb)
B) how to turn that scale into a set of chords

I = Eb Maj
ii = Fm
iii = Gm
IV = Ab Maj
V = Bb Maj
vi = Cm
vii° = D°

From there you can write a chord progression, and create a melody over it if you like.

For those of you who want to get a little fancier (and maybe apply some of the things you've learned from the first Community Song Analysis) I'd happily accept some mixolydian modal stuff in your Eb Major composition.

Check out the Lesson Archive for more Community Challenges - you’re welcome to participate on any past Challenge at any time!

P.S. I almost forgot to post this because I got my covid booster shot yesterday and I'm real out of it