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Offline rachmanny

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Composer's Favorite Keys
on: April 23, 2014, 07:54:56 PM
This is a cool infographic I found:

https://bit.ly/1lG5tVO

Would like to see Chopin on there, I think he composed for all keys pretty evenly? As for the composers there, Brahm's chart seems like the most evened out.
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Offline j_menz

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Re: Composer's Favorite Keys
Reply #1 on: April 23, 2014, 11:13:27 PM
Interesting.  One thing it doesn't take into account is that some composers spend more time in the key than others.
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Offline alistaircrane4

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Re: Composer's Favorite Keys
Reply #2 on: September 16, 2014, 10:05:32 AM
Quote from: rachmanny on April 23, 2014, 07:54:56 PM
This is a cool infographic I found:

https://bit.ly/1lG5tVO

Would like to see Chopin on there, I think he composed for all keys pretty evenly? As for the composers there, Brahm's chart seems like the most evened out.
Chopin's favorite key is known to be a-flat major he wrote most frequently in that key, the waltzes, mazurkas,ballade,polonaises,tarantella,nocturne,etudes,impromptu, and a few posthumous works.
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