Do you like playing in 'bigger' keys

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Do you like playing in 'bigger' keys, ie five and above ?

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saxophile	Mar 13 2012, 01:09 PM Post #16
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 848 Joined: 9-July 09 From: Yorkshire Member No.: 70062	Not a fan of too many sharps or flats on any instrument. 4 of each is about my comfort limit! However, since my favourite composers for piano (Chopin; Debussy etc) all seem to favour about a zillion flats in most pieces, I can see I'm going to have to get better at coping with the 5+ level....

Susie	Mar 13 2012, 04:15 PM Post #17
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4228 Joined: 25-May 05 From: Suburbia Member No.: 3747	QUOTE(Little Elf @ Mar 13 2012, 12:34 PM) QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Mar 12 2012, 04:13 PM) The 'Shost' P & F Op87 in that key is nigh impossible, even the lady for whom it was written (Tatyana Nikolayeva) died whilst playing it in New York ! that's impressive... music so difficult it kills you. Starting to worry about looking at grade 6 pieces now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rofl.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rofl.gif) Nah! You're safe with grade 6. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

wurlitzer	Mar 15 2012, 09:28 AM Post #18
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 21-July 09 Member No.: 71077	I don't so much find myself drawn to keys with a large number of accidentals - I just find myself drawn towards certain keys. I really, really love Gb major, Ab major, Bb minor, B major and Db major, but I just hate hate hate F# major, C# major, E major and C# minor! And YES, I am aware that Gb major and F# major are basically the same, as are Db major and C# major! I just hate the sharp ones! I was playing piano in my school choir yesterday and my teacher (conductor) recoiled in horror when I professed my undying love for Gb major, the key in which I was playing.

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