Re: [Finale] OT: Vivaldi Concerto

2009-09-27 Thread John Howell
At 4:45 PM -0500 9/25/09, David McDonald wrote: For all you early music history buffs: I'm editing/adapting a Vivaldi concerto for my string ensemble "Concerto in G minor for 2 Cellos and Strings" RV 531 Why is it "G minor" but the key signature is 1 flat? I've been out of town, so this may

Re: [Finale] OT: Vivaldi Concerto

2009-09-25 Thread arabushk
A painful theory-class lesson that I once learned is that the signature does not always reliably tell you what key the music's in according to their values that we learned. ajr > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 5:45 PM, David McDonald > wrote: >> For all you early music history buffs: >> I'm editing/ada

Re: [Finale] OT: Vivaldi Concerto

2009-09-25 Thread David W. Fenton
On 25 Sep 2009 at 16:45, David McDonald wrote: > For all you early music history buffs: > I'm editing/adapting a Vivaldi concerto for my string ensemble > "Concerto in G minor for 2 Cellos and Strings" RV 531 > > Why is it "G minor" but the key signature is 1 flat? Because modal key signatures

Re: [Finale] OT: Vivaldi Concerto

2009-09-25 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 5:45 PM, David McDonald wrote: > For all you early music history buffs: > I'm editing/adapting a Vivaldi concerto for my string ensemble "Concerto in > G minor for 2 Cellos and Strings" RV 531 > > Why is it "G minor" but the key signature is 1 flat? > They were still sorti

[Finale] OT: Vivaldi Concerto

2009-09-25 Thread David McDonald
For all you early music history buffs: I'm editing/adapting a Vivaldi concerto for my string ensemble "Concerto in G minor for 2 Cellos and Strings" RV 531 Why is it "G minor" but the key signature is 1 flat? David McDonald MacMusic, Inc. macmusic...@cox.net __