[CAUT] d minor

[michelle stranges]

'cuz it's the saddest of all keys..

:D

(Any "Spinal Tap" fans here??)

Sorry- for the silly joke.

Anways- I *THINK* violins are tuned in 5ths- so that would include the "d" 
in the D minor chord as well as the "a".
As far as the "f"- I don't know. Don't know why they didn't make it a D 
major chord either.
I just tried to call some string faculty- got no answer to help you.

GOOD question!!

:)
Michelle

--On Tuesday, February 15, 2005 3:19 PM -0600 Richard West <rwest1@unl.edu> 
wrote:

> When string players tune to a piano the A 440 is struck, and that is
> often followed by a d minor, root position chord with the A 440 being the
> fifth.  I've often heard this done at concerts but I've never been asked
> why the d minor chord is used.  A student asked me today and I didn't
> have an answer.  Why d minor?
>
> Richard West, RPT
> University of Nebraska
> Lincoln, NE
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