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Music ProductionEnglish · 4 days ago

Are there any songs that use downward modulation (flattening) as opposed to the key usually moving upwards as the song progresses or peaks?

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Are there any songs that use downward modulation (flattening) as opposed to the key usually moving upwards as the song progresses or peaks?

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Music ProductionEnglish · 4 days ago

Very common it seems for songs to change keys into a higher one but I dont think I’ve really ever heard something doing a descending modulation or key change…

closest I can think of is Strawberry Fields by The Beatles but my understanding is that is Varispeed or something, not really sure what the heck is happening in that song other then its gradually flattening but not sure what that even is

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IIRC, it makes the song sound like it is losing energy, which is usually not a desired effect.

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