Author: CL
Date: 2011-12-13 16:36
Many many thanks for these quick and helpful replies.
Davyd - sorry, when I said 'up a tone' I meant in the sense of the key going up a tone, explained myself poorly there. Also the problem is that for the mode I'm using there is no 'correct' standard key signature. As for shifting the whole piece up a semitone, the thought had crossed my mind, but a) the piece is already written, b) I have other instruments with various considerations e.g. strings, harp etc. (especially harp...), c) Not sure if you subscribe to the view that different keys have distinct sonorities even if the notes, relationally, are the 'same', but I want it in this key!
Although all very helpful replies there seem to be some disagreements among you! (which is perfectly natural) on the usefulness of standard key signatures and whether or not double sharps are annoying. I may have to just decide for myself on these.
But I'd like to ask about your comment, Alex, that if going in stepwise motion seeing G#s and G naturals in quick succession is distracting. Is this something that other people generally agree on? The piece does have a fair few stepwise 'runs'; would it perhaps be less distracting to see, for example, a descending scale run of fast notes go: 'C# B# A# G# F double# E D# C#' than 'C# B# A# G# G-natural E D# C#'?
Many thanks again for the help.
Chris
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