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Why does this melody tend to be in the key of F Major rather than in the key of C Major
Mainly agreeing with other answers but I would like to mention one further point.
The tonality is determined by the note which gives a feeling of "finality". To me this is definitely F in ...
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How can harmony be implied by melody
Harmony can and does get implied by melody. In jazz, it's called 'playing over the changes'. Even if there is no actual accompaniment (i.e. chords underneath) a good player will be capable of letting ...
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Why does this melody tend to be in the key of F Major rather than in the key of C Major
The most important thing to consider is not whether the piece includes Bb or not, but which note is serving as the tonic, or home tone.. This is the note that, simply put, sounds like the end of the ...
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Why does this melody tend to be in the key of F Major rather than in the key of C Major
Even though your accepted answer says they hear it more as 3/4, writing or hearing it in 3/4 is irrelevant to why this sounds like the key of F. Not only that, they actually changed your original ...
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Why does this melody tend to be in the key of F Major rather than in the key of C Major
I think you main problem with this music is that, although written in 4/4, the piece itself sounds to have a more 3/4 feel. This 3/4 effect makes it so the first beats of each measure mostly land on F ...
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