[78-L] Choral key question

[Valerie Langfield]

It could depend on the mood of the piece - it's in a major key, I take 
it? A flat (and it's A flat major, not G sharp major) is likely to be a 
more subdued mood; A major is a 'bright', up-beat sort of key. As a 
pianist, I find A flat easier, even though it's got 4 flats in the key 
signature (A major has 3 sharps), because black note keys get you right 
into the keyboard.

Can you let us know which one you go for?

Valerie Langfield

In article <BLU0-SMTP80E9C7BAD22C10B2514402BDC50 at phx.gbl>, David Lennick 
<dlennick at sympatico.ca> writes
>Got an interesting problem here, a group of 4 sides recorded by Decca in 1937,
>possibly on portable equipment, of a gospel group with piano accompaniment in
>Chicago (or by a team from Chicago on remote), and the speed drops 
>radically on
>each side. Around 5 percent. My problem is to figure which key they're singing
>in! Obviously a good accompanist can play in just about any key, but which
>seems more likely, A or A Flat? (Okay, or G Sharp?) To start in A I need to go
>up close to 7%, and end the side around 2.2% up. A flat sounds a bit more
>natural but the sides will end up 4% down at the end. Any thoughts, 
>choirmasters?

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Dr Valerie Langfield
www.rogerquilter.co.uk
www.boydell.co.uk/51158714.HTM
rcq at minuet.demon.co.uk

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