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Offline classicalnhiphop

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MAJOR or minor?
on: October 08, 2013, 02:30:04 AM
I hope this will be a nice intriguing post for all of you all!
Which do you prefer? Works in MAJOR or minor keys and why
I find it interesting that most Romantic composers did more minor key works while the classical composers usually liked Major keys

Offline ted

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Re: MAJOR or minor?
Reply #1 on: October 08, 2013, 03:31:57 AM
I have no preference at all in that regard. Some improvisers find the minor keys more easily conducive to idea formation, perhaps because of their greater variety of embedded intervals and chord types, but it doesn't really matter. I think I probably use each in equal measure.
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Offline david456103

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Re: MAJOR or minor?
Reply #2 on: October 08, 2013, 03:13:48 PM
i tend to like pieces in minor keys with major sections in the middle.

Offline nocturnetr

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Re: MAJOR or minor?
Reply #3 on: October 08, 2013, 03:58:12 PM
I never composed a piece in a (not La) major key, only like %5 of the pieces I have in my archive are in major keys, and none of the pieces I consider my favourites are in major keys. Major phobic or what?

Offline yohankwon

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Re: MAJOR or minor?
Reply #4 on: October 08, 2013, 04:55:30 PM
Major and beethoven c minor

Offline thesixthsensemusic

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Re: MAJOR or minor?
Reply #5 on: October 10, 2013, 09:34:30 PM
Neither, what matters most to me is how tension is created by modulation and chromaticism.

Offline hfmadopter

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Re: MAJOR or minor?
Reply #6 on: October 10, 2013, 10:24:29 PM
I don't look for pieces in minor key signatures specifically but they tend to find me. I'm drawn to them.
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