Matt Seattle wrote:
Nigel, are you sure you got the mode right for Cassino? Sounds
decidedly odd IMHO!
Matt spots the deliberate mistake this week - glad you're awake, Matt!
Yes, of course you're right. The key it's normally in is A dorian - I
think - but on the record I took it from it was
Nigel Gatherer writes:
| Matt Seattle wrote:
|
| Nigel, are you sure you got the mode right for Cassino? Sounds
| decidedly odd IMHO!
|
| Matt spots the deliberate mistake this week - glad you're awake, Matt!
|
| Yes, of course you're right. The key it's normally in is A dorian - I
| think - but
The Heights of Cassino seems to be consistently in
Dmaj. See The Session.org for abc, sheetmusic and a
fascinating discussion of the WWII battle. The
postings, rather new, may have come out of this
discussion. Except for a note or two, the Session
version is, for example, identical to the setting
Matt spots the deliberate mistake this week - glad you're awake, Matt!
Yes Nigel, but I was really wondering whether it should be mixolydian
rather than dorian - ?
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John Chambers wrote:
...It sounds better to me if I play it as Amix. This is the
same key sig as Edorian, of course, but the tonic is clearly A. So
should the c's be sharp or natural?
Sharp all the way. Of course you're right, John - Amix. My infamous
fumbling when it comes to talking
