Klarinet Archive - Posting 000344.txt from 2000/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] All keys are not the same
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 14:29:03 -0400

At 10:55 AM 10/7/2000 -0700, Dan Leeson wrote:
>Sorry Neil, but I reread the original memo to assure that I did not
>misunderstand it and, in my opinion, what I suggested he said is exactly
>what he said. It may be a sidebar issue, but that the assertion was
>made appears to me to be unequivocal, namely that clarinet selection is
>made on the basis of sound character. Written keys were not part of the
>assertion, only the pitch of the clarinet.
>
I got the impression that the main thrust was the difference in sound
between say, C major and D major and the "sweetness" of the music as played
in these keys. Back in the days before the tempered scale, when the actual
intervals between notes in different keys was substantial, were there not
significant differences between keys, perhaps almost as great as between
major and minor keys, which also alter the intervals between scale pitches?
This could be the reason the idea persists even to this day.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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