Re: how much do you care about your music being in strict equal temperment keys?

[Joshua Carroll <josh@infinivert.com>]

My boss actually thinks that keys have inherent moods, and would agree 
that D minor is the saddest of all keys.

--Josh


Chris Smart wrote:
> Well, I'm going to be the exception here it sounds like, and say that 
> equal temperament is very important to me! The more I play music 
> (guitar) the more my perfect pitch gets annoying. For example, I have 
> real difficulties learning a tune in one key, then transposing it to 
> another, because I have learned the "pitches" involved and expect to 
> hear them, for example, at the start of the melody.
>
> I would actually be very interested in hearing, say, the Bach 
> well-tempered clavier pieces as they were intended, on a well-tempered 
> instrument.
>
> Another random musing: Although all keys are supposed to be equal in 
> equal temperament, I still have my favorites... I can only think that 
> this is because of emotional attachments to songs that are in these 
> keys, than because of some emotive effect particular to the key.  Of 
> course, D minor is the saddest of all keys ... :)
>
> Chris
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