Klarinet Archive - Posting 000582.txt from 2006/03

From: Roger Hewitt <rogerclarinet@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Keys (from Let's get real)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:26:56 -0500

No, no. The Bb instrument may be playing in *written* G maj but it is
still *sounding* F maj, so the fact of the transposition is irrelevant!

Roger H

--- Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 09:40:09 +0100 (BST), Roger Hewitt
> <rogerclarinet@-----.uk> wrote:
>
> >Don't start me on "wrong key"! A friend of mine has perfext pitch
> and
> >associates moods with keys, and as a Mozart nut (in the nicest
> possible
> >way!) he gets upset by Mozart pieces transposed into different keys
> >because it changes the mood of the piece.
> >
>
> I, too, have heard the hogwash about F major being a "calm" key, and
> so
> on. This ignores the rather serious problem of transposing
> instruments. If the orchestra is in F major, then my Bb clarinet is
> in
> G major, my A clarinet would be in Ab major, the alto saxes would be
> in
> D, and despite continued research, science has not yet determined
> which
> key the french horns would be in.
>
> So, does that mean a clarinet playing in G is "calm"? Or in Ab? Or
> do
> the clashing keys of the transposing instruments somehow unbalance
> the
> feng shui of the rest of the orchestra?
>
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
>
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