Timeline for preference of the key of B or Cb (also G#min and Abmin)
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| Jan 11, 2020 at 4:24 | answer | added | Pyromonk | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 2:16 | history | edited | Lars | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 10, 2020 at 19:51 | comment | added | Lars | @piiperiReinstateMonica I do indeed refer to reading music, but I guess there could be a diference for playing by ear too, if there was it would probably depend on how often they hear this specific key as "Cb" or "B". Just a guess, though. | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 16:15 | answer | added | Alex Lopez | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 9:49 | comment | added | Tim | @piiperiReinstateMonica - it depends on what instrument I'm playing. On bass, for example, I may well establish 'the key' as 'that fret on that string'. It doesn't necessarily have to have a name. I know the name, but it doesn't come into the equation. Example - in key A, I feel things go up a 4th. I don't think '4th of E is A, so find A.' I just move across a string. Maybe different on keyboard. | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 9:01 | comment | added | piiperi Reinstate Monica | @Rosie I don't know, that's why I asked. Or does the OP use the word "play" as a synonym for "read"? Maybe. | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 9:01 | comment | added | piiperi Reinstate Monica | @Tim If you have an awareness of where the tonic is, then you're playing in a key. But if you don't sense where tonic is, then how do you play anything, without a point of reference? | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 8:40 | comment | added | Tim | For a lot of people, writing a piece in either Bb or C would be a better bet, but wonder how that would affect some listeners. It probably would affect players adversly. But if someone with absolute pitch was introduced to a new piece in Bb or C instead, what difference would it make? None? | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 8:36 | comment | added | Tim | @piiperiReinstateMonica - playing by ear, I think most players won't necessarily be thinking in a key, but if they do, yes, good point. | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 8:13 | comment | added | Rosie F | @piiperi Seeing as the OP's established the context of 12-equal temperament, we're comparing different notations for the same pitches. So how would that affect playing by ear? | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 6:06 | comment | added | piiperi Reinstate Monica | By ”playing” do you mean reading music, or is there a difference for playing by ear too ? | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 5:27 | answer | added | Old Brixtonian | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 1:16 | history | asked | Lars | CC BY-SA 4.0 |