Klarinet Archive - Posting 000266.txt from 2008/01

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] 8 #s ?
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:00:36 -0500

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:03:41 -0800 (PST), Nick Phillips
<nickphil19@-----.uk> wrote:
> I wonder if it's caused by using a piece of computer software to transpose a piece in concert F# for a B flat instrument. That would give eight sharps, although it would be much easier to read in four flats (key of Ab, rather than G#). I have seen software that might do this.

That's a remote possibility, but all of the composing software that I am
aware of is smart enough to convert this to the enharmonic standard key
signature automatically.

Plus, even if one were a master of music student who was trying to live
on the edge of modern musical styles, I believe the key signature for
G# major would more properly be written with one double-sharp and 6
sharps, not with 8 sharps, viz:

#
--X----------
| #
-----#-------
| #
--------#----
| #
-------------
|
-------------

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