Favorite Key

[kevonthegreatpianist]

I'm just curious. What are your fav keys? Mine are c minor, bb minor, eb minor, c# minor, g# minor, E major, Ab Major, Dd Major.

[pencilart3]

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=8946.0

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=52010.0

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=12849.0

Anyway, I like bb minor (it's easy to make certain jumps... see prelude 16 by Chopin ) Ab major (Chopin wrote the most compositions in this key, so...) and Db major (I think it fits the hand well).

[kevonthegreatpianist]

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=8946.0

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=52010.0

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=12849.0

Anyway, I like bb minor (it's easy to make certain jumps... see prelude 16 by Chopin ) Ab major (Chopin wrote the most compositions in this key, so...) and Db major (I think it fits the hand well).

you do love chopin....

[arietteisclassical]

F major

[duckmalone]

My favorite to play would have to be f major, but the the best sounding one to me is e flat minor.

[deandeblock]

Maybe a little off topic but a while ago i came across this page: https://www.biteyourownelbow.com/keychar.htm


 if I play the F major scale and then the E major scale they sound the same, just transposed half a semitone down...

How come each major scale has its own characteristics? Is it perhaps we are used to all the music written in each major scale and associate it with a certain feeling/emotion?

I would also like to let you guys know that I am a beginner and am only asking this out of curiosity

[visitor]

E mixolydian

[pencilart3]

E mixolydian

Are you referring to Harikambhojl in Carnatic music?

[themeandvariation]

with Equal Temperament, there is no pitch difference among the scales… All majors are  the same.  All minors, same.… All modes including mixolydian (a flowery way of saying a major scale with a flatted 7th   …   ) - the same.  The only difference is the feel of the hand, --- And our own emotional past with that key.  The rest, i believe, though i know some would disagree, is conjecture.

Now if we were talking about 'Well Tempered' -- That would be another matter..  

[pencilart3]

Are you referring to Harikambhojl in Carnatic music?

I didn't think so. 

[visitor]

Are you referring to Harikambhojl in Carnatic music?

referring more ti
o this thing 

[robinlamott]

f sharp minor

[pencilart3]

Actually maybe d flat. It fits the hand well.

[stevensk]

Ab  or  C#m  I always transpose all pieces to these keys.

[schumaniac]

Gb major, Db major, E major, A major, Bb minor, F# minor (one of the stereotypical "romantic keys"), C major

[kevonthegreatpianist]

Gb major, Db major, E major, A major, Bb minor, F# minor (one of the stereotypical "romantic keys" ), C major

you forgot c# minor as a romantic key

[schumaniac]

you forgot c# minor as a romantic key

oh yeah!

[rubinsteinmad]

C Major. Obviously

[glennross]

Okay, and why exactly is there a thread on which key one likes the most. Isn't that Always, completely in relation to the piece. Just my opinion.

[kypiano]

Help, people, my Karma Danger Powers are running out

[kypiano]

So, is anyone gonna help me?

[pencilart3]

So, is anyone gonna help me?

no

[kevonthegreatpianist]

C Major. Obviously

no B# Major is clearly the best! You're an inexperienced pianist, thinking that C Major is the best.

 

[kypiano]

no B# Major is clearly the best! You're an inexperienced pianist, thinking that C Major is the best.

 

I repeat, Emmie's remains are to be buried today in the Temple of the Boddhisavatsa Emily.

[rubinsteinmad]

I repeat, Emmie's remains are to be buried today in the Temple of the Boddhisavatsa Emily.

Psh people, I'm still alive , even though my throat got slit