Keys Options

[saxlover]

does anyone have a favourite key to play in?! or a key they hate playing in. obvioulsy most people like C major and dread Bb minor pieces but my worst is usually Eb major! i cant stand it- a study i once did for an exam was in Eb and i got 16/30 haha :lol: any sight reading i get given in that key is awful! i much prefer Bb minor!lol

[sbhoa]

On piano I find that Eb major usually lies very comfortably under the fingers :D

Bb major on the other hand....... :angry:
I generally prefer playing in flat keys rather than sharp ones.

[Alvin]

Keys are not a problem for me. However, I think that every keys has its own special features and mood!

[liebe_klavier]

i'd prefere c minor and b major..

[nutter]

I like minor keys usually C and G minor. C major is easiest to play on the viola so i like that 1 too!
jess :)

[socks]

i love d minor. and i love d harmonic minor scale. ^_^

[recorderzrule]

Ab major is a really nice key on the flute and f major and g minor are nice on treble recorder

[musical_me]

QUOTE (sbhoa @ Jul 28 2004, 11:20 PM)

I generally prefer playing in flat keys rather than sharp ones.

ditto :)
i wonder why..?

[maggiemay]

B major

Maggie

[tamsin]

I loath any piece for recorder that has flats. It's simply because I find Bb such an awkward fingering.

For flute my nemisis is G minor, not being able to play F#3 with the Bb thumb key is a pain!

[saxlover]

QUOTE (sbhoa @ Jul 28 2004, 11:20 AM)

Bb major on the other hand....... :angry:

yes Bb major used to be a bit of a nasty one! but im getting the hang of it now! Eb major is worse, i find, on the clarinet. yuck yuck yuck!!

tamsin- i love Bb on the recorder!!

[StuMac]

I like 'flat' keys too, and almost every piece of music I like and can play from memory is in a minor key!Pieces in major keys just don't stick in my head, I learn them, my teacher says 'well done', we go on to do something else and I forget them. She's actually started to suggest that I always have a 'major' piece on the go, otherwise I would play things in minor keys all the time.

Suppose it shows a melancholic treak in my nature. I often play the to myself piano at break time when I'm at local Am Dram group, and am always being acused of playing depressing music!

I think my favorites have to be G min, which seems really dark to me, and A min which I think of as being more icy cold. Like C min and G#min, but not sure how to describe them - G#min seems quite exotic and haunting.

When I was really small (less than 5) my parents used to play the musical that includes "You'll never walk alone" (can't remember what the show's called). The sound of it used to *terrify* me. They never knew what was wrong. Our Am Dram group did a show this spring that included a performance of it by one of our best singers and it really got to me again. There's a couple of chords in there that I still find frightening!!!

[recorderzrule]

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I generally prefer playing in flat keys rather than sharp ones.   ditto i wonder why..?

me too!
i sed Ab is nice on flute but ahh too hard on piano for me!

[sbhoa]

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QUOTE (sbhoa @ Jul 28 2004, 11:20 PM) I generally prefer playing in flat keys rather than sharp ones.   ditto i wonder why..?

I find that the the hand shapes are more natural for me on the piano... if that makes sense..

[Jade]

I like c major and d major on the flute and violin.