healey.cj Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Please help me to understand the purpose of piano music being in anything besides C major or A minor, if the piano is used as a solo instrument... (baring special cases like Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier)... Thanks. Well, no two keys sound the same. Listen to Beethoven's 5th Symphony and then jump on your piano and play: C# C# C# A / B B B Ab... Then follow it by playing G G G Eb / F F F D If the sound the same to you then you need your ears checked lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healey.cj Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 P.S. Equal temperament has actually ruined a lot of harmony. In Beethoven's day, an F# an a Gb chord, written for strings, would have sounded different. The F# should be one comma higher than the Gb, unless the F# is part of a Descending scale or the Gb is part of an Ascending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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