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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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| andante_in_c |
Jun 30 2007, 09:03 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 10320 Joined: 15-November 03 From: Hampshire, UK Member No.: 130 |
The Trinity Guildhall Grade 6 recorder syllabus asks for Ab, rather than G# minor. I suspect this is because the scale/arpeggio on an F instrument is fingered the same way as Eb minor on a C instrument, and it is therefore less confusing to think of it by its flat name.
My candidate this week had a total blind spot about this scale, and, as she was trying to work out what to play, could hear the examiner muttering under his breath, 'Why have they called it Ab minor? It should be G# minor'. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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stratlg G # Minor Or A Flat Min? Jun 30 2007, 01:01 PM
teenviolinist It has to be G# minor, I can't remember why, m... Jun 30 2007, 01:19 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 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*
G# minor
... 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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