[rodgersorgan] Re: Challenging keys
- From: wolflampert@xxxxxxxx
- To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 22:47:36 -0700
OK, I'll fess up. I too am spooked by key signatures with too many
sharps or flats. Anything with more than 3 sharps or flats is what I
consider challenging. But here's a trick I sometimes use: If the music
is in, say, Db major (5 flats), I'll simply play it as if it were written
in D major (2 sharps). Similarly, a piece in E major (4 sharps) can be
played as if it were written in Eb major (3 flats). You just have to
figure out what to do with any accidentals that come along. Use the
transposer to correct the pitch if necessary. In the case of your short
Gb section, see if you have enough time to turn the transposer knob down
one notch and play as if in the key of G. Remember to untranspose at the
end of the section!
Wolf Lampert
Colorado Springs, CO
On Sun, 03 Nov 2002 21:30:48 -0600 William E Ehrke <diapason@xxxxxxx>
writes:
>
> Do any of you wish you could avoid playing in certain keys?
> B-natural has always been a problem for me and even now, presumably
> with
> a certain amount of experience (or at least age) under my belt, I
> flinch
> whenever five sharps pop up in a key signature. What prompts this
> post,
> though, is not B, but a much rarer bogey. We're rehearsing an
> anthem
> with a brief G-flat section (yep, six flats). Can't remember when
> the
> last time was that I played in that key, but apparently I've run
> completely out of the necessary brain cells. Neither my mind nor my
> fingers can cope with the idea of G-flat -- and yet its twin sister
> F-sharp is no problem. Solution: rewrite the section as an F-sharp
> lead
> sheet and pretend that I'm not losing my mind!
>
> Anybody else have this sort of key blindness? Do you wish it
> were
> against the law to compose in a particular key? It would be a great
> comfort to know that my brain is not the only one that's got this
> curious prejudice against certain keys.
>
> B.E.
>
>
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