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alpharaposa) wrote2008-10-31 10:14 am
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Your result for What's your key signature?...
E-Flat Major
Three flats, honky cat.
Congratulations, you’re E-flat Major, a key to swing in. This key is THE key if you play jazz saxophone, making it a very popular key among jazzophiles. You know those stupid radio commercials you hear for “smoooooth jazz radio; KKUZ” or whatever? There’s a damn good chance that the music behind that commercial is in E-flat. Pianos and woodwinds are pretty fine with this key as well, guitars and basses being a bit left out. Who needs rock when you’re swingin’, though?
You are one loose hip dude, my friend. You take life as it comes, and you can take a beating with a smile and move along. Life is just one swinging song after another, and most of us would kill to have the suave attitude you do. But between you and us, carpe diem isn’t really THAT bad of an idea.
SONG EXAMPLE: Spiral by John Coltrane
INTERESTING TIDBIT:
* Actually, I could’ve named almost all the songs from Coltrane’s great Giant Steps album, a good half the songs are either in E-flat or its parallel minor, C Minor.
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Your result for What's your key signature?...
A Major
I hope you know how to boogie.
Congratulations, you’re A Major, and you got them blues! A Major is an ideal key for playing blues in, due to its decreased number of sharps when played with flat 3rds and 7ths. Guitar players love this key, and several have actually made careers of playing A, D and E chords over and over again in that oh so cliché I IV V progression we all know and love. Being a bluesy key is a blessing, since you can be emotive and soulful out the ass. All that’s missing is a few blue notes and you’re golden.
So you may not have the blues, you say? Well this key isn’t really about sadness, it’s about being individualistic and emotive, with enough soulfulness to go around. You can’t help but be an emotional person, but that’s a great thing. Just don’t stay on the metaphorical blue notes too long, eventually dissonance gets a wee bit obnoxious.
SONG EXAMPLE: Lady Madonna by The Beatles.
INTERESTING TIDBIT:
* Despite clarinets being tuned in B Flat, a good number of Mozart’s clarinet based works are written in sharp key signatures, notably including a lot of A Major. I guess he had some sort of grudge against the poor clarinetist he hired.
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