the temperament thing

[Ron Nossaman]

>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

It might be pointless from a piano pedagogy standpoint, but It would
probably impress me as much in C Major as in Gb Major. This piece is one of
my seventy three favorite things.

Ron N