In a message dated 10/30/01 12:37:01 PM, hsrosen@earthlink.net writes: << Ed Foote said: "If all keys sound the same, is there any reason to use more than one of them?" >> Yes. Think about the challenges the composer presents for the performer by writing his piece in one key as opposed to another. Take Chopin's Black Key Etude for example, which is a wonderful technique-building piece in the key of Gb Major. This piece also displays Chopin's genius in building a piece in which the melodic content is exclusively black keys (in the A section at least). This piece would be pointless in C Major. The reason this piece exists is because it is in a specific key. Tom Sivak
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