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Topic: Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key? (Read 1298 times)

farrah1129

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Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key?

on: August 01, 2012, 06:37:14 PM

Hello, 1st post here at Piano Street!

I have searched online many times and haven't found anything, but is there a list out there or website that has piano compositions sorted out by the key that they're in? I have found some lists like this for orchestra and piano concertos, but not specifically for piano pieces. Or is there a database that allows you to search by key?

I'm trying to expand my knowledge of works I may not be familiar with, as I do from time to time, and I'm also trying to get more familiar with certain keys and improve my ability to recognize them by ear or at least get a stronger feel for them. I figured something like this would help quite a bit.

Thank you; I look forward to chatting =]

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outin

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Re: Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key?

Reply #1 on: August 01, 2012, 06:47:12 PM

Why don't you check out the piano music section on this site

There are several search option, one of them the key.

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farrah1129

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Re: Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key?

Reply #2 on: August 01, 2012, 06:50:51 PM

I see, that's great! I was thinking I had to have the gold membership to get to the sheets. Thank you!!

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outin

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Re: Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key?

Reply #3 on: August 01, 2012, 06:55:06 PM

You do need the gold membership to print the sheets... Well worth it I'd say, but you could also go to imslp.org to get the sheets after you find what you want.

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hmpiano

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Re: Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key?

Reply #4 on: August 01, 2012, 07:27:03 PM

WTC

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counterpoint

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Re: Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key?

Reply #5 on: August 01, 2012, 07:44:06 PM

How about searching on youtube - for example "Scarlatti C-minor"

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farrah1129

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Re: Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key?

Reply #6 on: August 01, 2012, 10:23:29 PM

Thanks for the answers everyone…now I have a list of new music to get familiar with, yay! As for WTC, any reason to listen to Bach is a good one to me =)

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j_menz

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Re: Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key?

Reply #7 on: August 01, 2012, 11:59:43 PM

*** wonders about atonal pieces $:-\$

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ajspiano

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Re: Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key?

Reply #8 on: August 02, 2012, 12:59:06 AM

**picks piece, transposes to desired key.

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j_menz

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Re: Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key?

Reply #9 on: August 02, 2012, 01:11:16 AM

Quote from: ajspiano on August 02, 2012, 12:59:06 AM

**picks piece, transposes to desired key.

Challenges:

Transpose from A minor to C major

Transpose any atonal piece into any key

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ajspiano

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Re: Is there a place I can look up piano compositions by key?

Reply #10 on: August 02, 2012, 01:27:10 AM

Quote from: j_menz on August 02, 2012, 01:11:16 AM

Challenges:

Transpose from A minor to C major

Not necessarily difficult - scale degrees remain the same, minor intervals become major intervals etc. etc.. makes the piece sound very different obviously, and gets more complex with modulations.

And for the record, technically - composers already do this all the time when creating modulated minor versions of a motif.

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Transpose any atonal piece into any key

Doesnt move to a 'key' - every thing moves either up or down a fixed number of semitone's and remains atonal.

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