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presto agitato

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Scriabin - Purple

on: November 20, 2005, 03:46:46 AM

Do you remember which Key Signature Scriabin used to use for "reflecting" that color?

In your opinion which Key Signature could be used to "reflect" that color?

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chopiabin

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Re: Scriabin - Purple

Reply #1 on: November 20, 2005, 10:05:31 AM

From Faubion Bowers biography, Scriabin (a great book btw);

C - Red
C# - Violet
D - Yellow
D# - Steel
E - Pearly White (moonshine, frost, bluish pearl)
F - Dark Red
F# - Blue
G - Rosy Orange
G# - Violet Purple
A - Green
A# - Steel (the glint of metal)
B - Pearly Blue or White