> Le 26 mai 2016 à 09:57, Michael Hendry <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > I seem to have struck an interesting chord, here! > > Another phenomenon about which I have doubts involves people who claim that > when they hear music in “sharp” keys (e.g. G, D, A, E) their experience is of > brightness, while the flat keys make for a more sombre sound. I’ve even heard > in a radio interview that this applies to F# and Gb (the one bright, the > other dull). > > Michael (lighting blue touch-paper and retiring to a safe distance).
My bassoon teacher told me the same, and in particular that D major is the brightest key on our instrument (440). So I asked whether it’s E flat major on the baroque instrument (415). And the answer is no, it’s D major too, because that phenomenon is relative to the instrument size, not absolute. JM _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
