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Choose the key of your song the classical way
Choose the key of your song the classical way
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7LimitJI
416 posts
Mar 17, 2011
1:22 AM
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Christian Schubart's "Ideen zu einer Ästhetik der Tonkunst" (1806):
Which translates as
Ideas to an aesthetics of the tone art.
C major Completely Pure. Its character is: innocence, simplicity, naïvety, children's talk.
C minor Declaration of love and at the same time the lament of unhappy love. All languishing, longing, sighing of the love-sick soul lies in this key.
Db major A leering key, degenerating into grief and rapture. It cannot laugh, but it can smile; it cannot howl, but it can at least grimace its crying.--Consequently only unusual characters and feelings can be brought out in this key.
D major The key of triumph, of Hallejuahs, of war-cries, of victory-rejoicing. Thus, the inviting symphonies, the marches, holiday songs and heaven-rejoicing choruses are set in this key.
D minor Melancholy womanliness, the spleen and humours brood.
D# minor Feelings of the anxiety of the soul's deepest distress, of brooding despair, of blackest depresssion, of the most gloomy condition of the soul. Every fear, every hesitation of the shuddering heart, breathes out of horrible D# minor. If ghosts could speak, their speech would approximate this key.
Eb major The key of love, of devotion, of intimate conversation with God.
E major Noisy shouts of joy, laughing pleasure and not yet complete, full delight lies in E Major.
F major Complaisance & calm
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F minor Deep depression, funereal lament, groans of misery and longing for the grave.
F# major Triumph over difficulty, free sigh of relief uttered when hurdles are surmounted; echo of a soul which has fiercely struggled and finally conquered lies in all uses of this key.
F# minor A gloomy key: it tugs at passion as a dog biting a dress. Resentment and discontent are its language.
G major Everything rustic, idyllic and lyrical, every calm and satisfied passion, every tender gratitude for true friendship and faithful love,--in a word every gentle and peaceful emotion of the heart is correctly expressed by this key.
G minor Discontent, uneasiness, worry about a failed scheme; bad-tempered gnashing of teeth; in a word: resentment and dislike.
Ab major Key of the grave. Death, grave, putrefaction, judgment, eternity lie in its radius.
Ab minor Grumbler, heart squeezed until it suffocates; wailing lament, difficult struggle; in a word, the colour of this key is everything struggling with difficulty.
A major This key includes declarations of innocent love, satisfaction with one's state of affairs; hope of seeing one's beloved again when parting; youthful cheerfulness and trust in God.
A minor Pious womanliness and tenderness of character.
Bb major Cheerful love, clear conscience, hope aspiration for a better world.
Bb minor A quaint creature, often dressed in the garment of night. It is somewhat surly and very seldom takes on a pleasant countenance. Mocking God and the world; discontented with itself and with everything; preparation for suicide sounds in this key.
B major Strongly coloured, announcing wild passions, composed from the most glaring colours. Anger, rage, jealousy, fury, despair and every burden of the heart lies in its sphere.
B minor This is as it were the key of patience, of calm awaiting ones's fate and of submission to divine dispensation.
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Last Edited by on Mar 17, 2011 3:12 AM
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7LimitJI
417 posts
Mar 17, 2011
3:16 AM
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@Capt
Check out D#minor
Now ain't that the blues ???
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The Pentatonics Myspace
Youtube
"Why don't you leave some holes when you play, and maybe some music will fall out".
"It's music,not just complicated noise".
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Rubes
253 posts
Mar 17, 2011
4:17 AM
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This will be good for our songwriting.....thanks mate!!
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arzajac
484 posts
Mar 17, 2011
4:31 AM
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An interesting read but it's completely untrue.
This sort of thing has been fiercely debated for a long time. I think the idea of imposing an objective scheme to something inherently subjective is arrogant.
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tookatooka
2225 posts
Mar 17, 2011
4:54 AM
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Oh good. I'm working on a tune in E major now. Yippee!!
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CamiloHarper
65 posts
Mar 17, 2011
5:10 AM
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It might be subjective but definitely poetic.
Thanks.
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With some latin flavour for you, chico!! :P
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nacoran
3898 posts
Mar 17, 2011
9:27 AM
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Remember, there have been lots of ways over the years to tune up. Historically, some of those tunings have used different schemes for different keys. At one point, different keys resolved different mathematically.
The Wolf at Our Heels (Slate Magazine)
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phogi
514 posts
Mar 18, 2011
4:43 AM
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Not untrue at all.
Just a bit misleading.
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