Klarinet Archive - Posting 000946.txt from 2000/10

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Minor key - Mendelssohn Octet
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 12:25:52 -0400

<><> [snip] perceiving works in a minor key as being inherently
sad and poignant simply because they ARE in a minor key

I was (incorrectly) expecting that the movement's tonic and printed
signature would indicate a minor key, but the music would avoid minor
intervals. Therefore it would sound "major" even though the printing
indicated "minor". I'm not sure if such a thing is practical and still
produce enjoyable music, but I was on the lookout for it.

As a similar example, I wrote a ditty for myself in G major. At the
end of it, I realized that the only F in my masterpiece was an
accidental F natural, no F#s at all. It was the unavoidable tonic that
caused me to use the G major signature.
This, by the way, is what prompted me to ask a while ago about the
relationship (if any) between tonic and key signature and first note.
What if the sharps and flats don't match the signature for a
composition's obvious tonic? If I understood everyone correctly, while
such a thing was anathema before Beethoven, it is now a non-issue.

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