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Re: CHAT: A flat minor (was: ATTN: Pablo Flores (VIRUS WARNING))

From:bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>
Date:Monday, October 21, 2002, 10:54
 --- Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
wrote: >  --- bnathyuw wrote:
> > > --- "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote: > > > > > What do you get if you drop a piano down a > > > mineshaft? A flat minor. > > > > unusual that, are you sure this isn't pushing > equal > > temperament a bit far ( a flat, b flat, c flat, d > > flat, e flat, f flat, g ( flat ), a flat ) ? > > Unusual, yes. But not impossible. You won't easily > find, say, a piano concerto > in A flat minor, though I wouldn't be surprised if > the monster existed. Seven > flats are really no fun to work with. On the other > hand, it occurs frequently > within certain contexts, especially in the case of > down-modulating. >
well, iirc, in bach's 48 the keys used are a flat major and g sharp minor, except that one of the fugues switches half way thro might be wrong tho bn ===== bnathyuw | landan | arR stamp the sunshine out | angelfish your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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