At 6:51 PM -0600 1/1/11, Robert Patterson wrote:
Okay I'm confused. I was under the impression that either the concert key of Eric's piece overall was C major or else the piece as a whole had no key signature.
Just a quick comment in passing, since I've seen this confusion before. A concert pitch score is NOT the same as being in C major. A no-key-signature score is NOT the same as being in C major. People confuse the two. C major (no sharps or flats) IS a key signature, but requires transposed key signatures for transposing instruments. A concert pitch score can be in any key with any key signature.
We all know this, of course. The facts are easy; the terminology can be confusing. It's just a sematic confusion over what is meant by a "C Score."
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