Dm - the heartbreak key
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@george-k said in Dm - the heartbreak key:
@doctor-phibes said in Dm - the heartbreak key:
admittedly we frequently left our listeners weeping.
That probably would have occurred regardless of what key you played it in.
My brother and I used to busk it in the local bus station for beer money - there was a very resonant underground walkway, and the sound carried a long way. One time, a little old lady came up to us and very politely said 'You both sound very nice....but do you really need to both play at the same time?'
@doctor-phibes said in Dm - the heartbreak key:
'You both sound very nice....but do you really need to both play at the same time?'
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I know it’s sad when Klaus plays anything in D minor.
The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.
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@jon-nyc said in Dm - the heartbreak key:
I know it’s sad when Klaus plays anything in D minor
Hey, look on the bright side - at least you can occasionally tell what key he's in.
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OK, for the really musical people here....
I've never understood why some music is written in specific keys.
Is C major really that different from D-flat major? In this day of equal temperament, the differences in "color" whatever seem to be negligible.
Of course, Eb was the "heroic" key, back in the day. Does it really matter today?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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OK, for the really musical people here....
I've never understood why some music is written in specific keys.
Is C major really that different from D-flat major? In this day of equal temperament, the differences in "color" whatever seem to be negligible.
Of course, Eb was the "heroic" key, back in the day. Does it really matter today?
@george-k said in Dm - the heartbreak key:
Of course, Eb was the "heroic" key, back in the day.
It's certainly heroic if you play the alto sax.
The biggest problem I always had was playing with bloody guitarists, and they all want to play in E major and Am, which puts an alto player in C# major and F#m. What a pain in the ass.
I was only joking
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Summertime Dm
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If you want proof that Dm is a sad key, listen to this, not in Dm!
The first jazz album I ever bought.
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@george-k said in Dm - the heartbreak key:
Of course, Eb was the "heroic" key, back in the day.
It's certainly heroic if you play the alto sax.
The biggest problem I always had was playing with bloody guitarists, and they all want to play in E major and Am, which puts an alto player in C# major and F#m. What a pain in the ass.
@doctor-phibes said in Dm - the heartbreak key:
@george-k said in Dm - the heartbreak key:
Of course, Eb was the "heroic" key, back in the day.
It's certainly heroic if you play the alto sax.
The biggest problem I always had was playing with bloody guitarists, and they all want to play in E major and Am, which puts an alto player in C# major and F#m. What a pain in the ass.
I actually got pretty good at F# M and m, so when the guitarist wanted to play in E, I just switched to Tenor…
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@doctor-phibes said in Dm - the heartbreak key:
admittedly we frequently left our listeners weeping.
That probably would have occurred regardless of what key you played it in.
@george-k said in Dm - the heartbreak key:
@doctor-phibes said in Dm - the heartbreak key:
admittedly we frequently left our listeners weeping.
That probably would have occurred regardless of what key you played it in.
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