Put the key signature next to song titles?

Very interesting idea.
Better than the hula-hoop.
Simpler too.

There's a difference between keys? So if i transposed my song from C to Bb, it'd sound different? Honestly, there's some microintonation thing that my cabbages aren't picking up?

I used to live in Ab.

Thanks.

Okay, first, not sheet music, but right next to the title of the song so you know what it is while it's playing (or read on the back of the CD, whatever). You're just pulling my leg right?

Second, you all remind me of my dear friend and bass player in college (until the Fundamentalists got to him and he couldn't be my friend anymore - that really hurt).
Anyway, every time we started to cross a street he'd say "You'd better C# or you'll Bb."

Cheers.

#'s & b's

Two sides of the same coin?

It's not difficult to "hear" the differences in the intonation between different keys. I can listen to a guitar and the sound of the chords will tell me what the key is. I can "see" the chords being played, by hearing them.

Taking the same song to a different key will at times produce some amazingly different colors in the music.

advanced in what way?


Furthermore, most of the songs I've "heard"... I've never "seen" the title of. :-)

I think most songs sound best when the key suits the singer ;-)

ORIGINAL: mike_mccue
I think most songs sound best when the key suits the singer ;-)

yes that is step one but you get more urgency from a singer hitting the top of their range than a couple steps below... which is probably what you meant

Yeah, I think rap is usually in C; as in C Rap.

(But seriously, my experience is that every musical form has a lot of mediocre music but if you stick with it long enough you start finding stuff to like.)

But yeah, there's the flaw in my plan. It'd get pretty meaningless if every song were in the same key.

Nice topic but...I don't understand how this benefits someone who is not musically inclined or has no inclination to be.

Very cool for us musical types! But for the average majority of listeners, I fail to see how they could make sense of this, and or even what to do with it if they can make a differentiation.

But being a musical person, I can very well see the benefit of the key being listed as well as the mode too. Then again I suppose we just have to do that for ourselves if we feel it is of any importance. Or just refer to the sheet music as mentioned

jhughs,

I appreciate you expanding on that, And I do think your original idea is a good thing to have, just that the average non-musical, nor non influenced or inspired listener could probably care less. Sort of like algebra, while studying it one may think it is a waste of time, but there may come a day when we need to draw upon what we have learned.

Oh, all those things we thought were insignificant at a young age, but wished we had learned so well! Yikes !

So I see your point more clearly now, & who knows, maybe someone who thinks they will never play an instrument in their entire lifetime may suddenly change their mind. And if so, what a wonderful benefit!

I just wonder what that person you refer to results would be when listening to something that isn't tuned to concert pitch? What would be her reaction to that, would that cause her difficulty in naming the key?

I wish I could see all pitches as colors, but unfortunately I can't. It would truly be a cool gift to have.
Otherwise referred to as form of "synesthesia", it's a mixed bag, a blessing for some...and a curse for others when the wrong senses collide. So be careful what you wish for I guess.

Thanks again for giving me insight and seeing the other side of the coin.