Is there a database where you can search songs by key signature?

[DBK]

So lets just say I have a drum arrangement laid down with everything tuned specific to D. Is there anywhere online nowadays where I could browse songs organized by key if I were looking for an acapella but wasnt sure what to go with?

[cwsand]

Originally Posted by DBK

So lets just say I have a drum arrangement laid down with everything tuned specific to D.

Hi, What do you mean? What kind of drums are they? I don't necessarily concern myself with tuning the drums to specific notes for the average song, though in some cases it's good to do so.

Originally Posted by DBK

Is there anywhere online nowadays where I could browse songs organized by key if I were looking for an acapella but wasnt sure what to go with?

Not that I'm aware of - after all, you can perform a song in any key you want. I don't know, Google it?

[JCBigler]

I'm going to go out on the limb here and posit that most songs in the popular music genre are in the key of E, A or D.

[DBK]

Originally Posted by cwsand

Hi, What do you mean? What kind of drums are they? I don't necessarily concern myself with tuning the drums to specific notes for the average song, though in some cases it's good to do so.



Not that I'm aware of - after all, you can perform a song in any key you want. I don't know, Google it?

Electronic/sample based.

Tuning my kick/claps/snares and toms to the 1st and 5th degree of my scales. Sometimes the 3rd. And a lot of the time I like starting a project with no idea where I'm going with it so I just start designing a drum kit and making a drum loop to get things started. Only problem is Im really picky about tuning everything from the very start so I dont have a big bunch of annoying things to do later. So i need to decide on a key right away so I can go on with making my drums. And I dont always have a vocal to go with the key I end of picking. I usually just base my key off whatever kick drum i wanna use at the time. Which brings me to what i need. Somewhere I can browse a database of songs online where they are organized by key. So if my drums are in D or A or whatever, I can go browse and look for vocals in D or A.