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

 --- 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

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
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