Re: Yet Another Key Question

On Jun 29, 3:07 pm, Nil <rednoise+n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 29 Jun 2008, Pt <pea...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in alt.guitar.bass:

G, C, D, Ami and Emi are all chords in the key of G.
I, IV, V, ii, vi.
Most melodies are modal but that doesn't change the key signature.

"Key Signature" does not necessarily = "Key".

It seems that you are right.
Can you explain this?

In musical notation, a key signature is a series of sharp or flat
symbols placed on the staff, designating notes that are to be
consistently played one semitone higher or lower than the equivalent
natural notes unless otherwise altered with an accidental. Key
signatures are generally written immediately after the clef at the
beginning of a line of musical notation, although they can appear in
other parts of a score, notably after a double bar.

Key signatures are generally used in a score to avoid the complication
of having sharp or flat symbols on every instance of certain notes.
Each major and minor key has an associated key signature that sharpens
or flattens the notes which are used its scale. However, it is not
uncommon for a piece to be written with a key signature that does not
match its key


Pt
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