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What is your favorite tonal key?

C
c
C#
Db
c#
D
d
Eb
d#
eb
E
e
F
f
F#
Gb
f#
G
g
Ab
g#
ab
A
a
Bb
a#
bb
B
b
other
I dislike tonality

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Offline 28lorelei

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #100 on: June 22, 2010, 08:09:43 PM
I like Db :)

Offline mingg

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #101 on: October 08, 2010, 06:38:20 AM
I like D minor and C minor ::)
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Offline solstyce

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #102 on: November 07, 2010, 12:54:51 AM
I LOVE Db. :D I also like bb too. I have to say, I like flats better than sharps. Just because flats look cooler on paper. :P

Offline jmd1921

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #103 on: February 01, 2011, 02:49:15 PM
I will definitely go for c#m, though I don't have a perfect or relative pitch *yet*, I find it the most suitable for the hand, also, it was the first I learned after C major , A minor and G major... BUT, I totally hate E major, I don't really like how it sounds

It has to be 'cause i really prefer minor keys and those with sharps...
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Offline nanabush

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #104 on: May 10, 2011, 07:04:29 PM
What about peoples' least favorite keys?

I find f minor intriguing, but my stomach drops when I have to play in it.  I find it so damn awkward!
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Offline ongaku_oniko

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #105 on: May 10, 2011, 07:20:02 PM
c major and a minor...

cuz its easy to play.

Offline floydcramerfan

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #106 on: May 11, 2011, 03:25:13 AM
I'm weird, but I'm a sharpie all the way.  I love me some D, A, E, and I'm the only piano player I know who goes yay when the banjo player hollers, "Kick it off in B", unless I'm playing the autoharp, then I'll cry.  I did get a laugh out of the people who said that you don't hear a lot of music in B because I play bluegrass, and bluegrassers love them some B major.  And don't forget about G, especially when the guitar player hits the ever popular "G run".  Dang, now I want to play.  Sorry for all the bluegrass love on a classical board.
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Offline thinkgreenlovepiano

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #107 on: May 11, 2011, 03:41:04 AM
I like all the keys  ;D They all have their own colour  8)
I guess if I had to pick a key I like the least, maybe F major. No offense to F major. I said IF I  had to pick a least favourite key.

Great composers make any key sound good to me. :P

Oh and I would hate it if all the pieces that I'm learning were in the same key! I like variety!



c major and a minor...

cuz its easy to play.



Not for scales though! For scales I like B major and E major... for chords/ arpeggios, whenever the mediant is a black key and 1 and 5 are white keys.
I struggle with C major (all those white keys, UGH!) and F sharp minor.
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Offline aeon135

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #108 on: June 03, 2011, 09:07:37 PM
F minor and C minor, F because Ludovico Einaudi's best peices are in Fm, and Cm because my best peices are in c

Offline carl_h

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #109 on: June 22, 2011, 08:09:15 AM
I think 3 flats are it for me, favorite key c minor and second E flat major.

Offline williampiano

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #110 on: September 02, 2011, 04:12:31 AM
I choose d minor, but if I had to choose another I would probably say a sharp minor because of it's unique texture.

Offline collectivecolors

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #111 on: September 23, 2011, 04:27:03 AM
C Major For the win! You don't have to worry about sharps or flats  ;D
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Offline gore234

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #112 on: September 23, 2011, 05:07:43 AM
I like D minor but I also like the diminished half whole scale,  cromatic scale and the whole tone scale.

Offline fleetfingers

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #113 on: September 23, 2011, 08:18:14 AM
I like Ab major best . . . but I also love D major. And F and Eb and A . . . generally, I prefer the major keys.

Offline pianowolfi

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #114 on: September 23, 2011, 08:33:04 AM
My soul might be naturally tuned in a key that doesn't exist, it's very dark, but has a phenomenal glowing light to it, and the closest would be B flat minor. Rach's last Prelude, 2nd part comes very close to it, where it goes to A Major. I am convinced that he intended to think it as Bbb Major. That's close.  8)

Offline pianoplayjl

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Re: Favorite key! (poll)
Reply #115 on: October 17, 2011, 11:20:27 AM
I like E flat major and C sharp minor.
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