AFAIK this was *very* occasionally used to indicate a minor key. In this case G minor- completely reinforced by the scale of G minor as quoted in the message. I'm not really familiar with my minor modal variants but I suspect a 'hyper' scale form thus D to D but in G minor.
The key sig works by quoting all normally used accidentals- In this case, G minor= Bb Eb F# A minor would have key sig G# (only!) D minor would have Bb and C#, and C minor would have Eb,Ab only (no Bb)! Weird- but I recall reading of a strong European movement to adopt such a system mid 20th Century! Just a thought! Cheers K in OZ Keith Helgesen. Ph: (02) 62910787. Mob 0417-042171 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth H. Randle Sent: Friday, 21 September 2007 12:14 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] Klezmer music question I have been given a handwritten piece of Klezmer music to transcribe, called Baym Rebn Sude. There are no chords, just a simple melody line. My problem is this: It has 1 sharp (F) and 2 flats (B and E)! I was told that a) it is a very simple piece, and b) the basic scale is D, Eb, F#, G, A, Bb, C and D. (However, there are some B naturals indicated). He said it was "sort of in the key of D, maybe?" Is there any way to set this up in Finale so the key signature is correct? I know nothing about Klezmer music, and I've never seen a key sig with sharps and flats together. I am using Finale 2005 for Windows. Any help will be greatly appreciated. A basic template would be even better, if someone knows how to do it. Thanks, Ruth Randle _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
