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| G # Minor Or A Flat Min? |
| stratlg |
 Jun 30 2007, 01:01 PM
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Hello all! I'm designing a scale book and I'm wondering if there is a standard upon which music publishers rely as far as deciding which name a scale receives? Is it equally acceptable to name a scale G# Minor as it is A Flat Minor? It seems like an arbitrary decision, so I am just going to pick A Flat Minor... is this something I should be concerned with?
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| teenviolinist |
Jun 30 2007, 01:19 PM
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It has to be G# minor, I can't remember why, my violin teacher told me when I asked why the scale book writers didn't write it as A flat minor because I found that easier... I'll ask her and tell you... something like A flat minor and G# minor are actually not enharmonically related and the relative key of A flat minor is C flat major with 7 flats. I think its all about both ease of reading for the player and musical details and when there's a dispute between the two, details comes first....
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stratlg G # Minor Or A Flat Min? Jun 30 2007, 01:01 PM
kenm Hello all! I'm designing a scale book and ... Jun 30 2007, 08:17 PM sarah-flute I've always thought of G# minor as Ab minor on... Jun 30 2007, 08:27 PM andante_in_c The Trinity Guildhall Grade 6 recorder syllabus as... Jun 30 2007, 09:03 PM kerioboe I prefer to think about it as Ab because I tend no... Jun 30 2007, 10:02 PM
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I prefer to think about it as Ab because I tend n... Jul 1 2007, 09:11 AM kerioboe
I prefer to think about it as Ab because I tend ... Jul 1 2007, 12:09 PM briantrumpet You need to know and understand both, so I'd p... Jun 30 2007, 11:10 PM janexxx *goes to check Carl Flesch scale book*
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... Jul 1 2007, 09:23 AM fsharpminor Well there are certainly pieces written in both G#... Jul 2 2007, 07:38 AM janexxx Maybe it is always G# minor so the student can... Jul 2 2007, 05:00 PM Cyrilla :lol: Jul 2 2007, 10:08 PM |
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