On Thursday, 26 May 2016, Michael Hendry <hendry.mich...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I seem to have struck an interesting chord, here! Definitely! > 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). I experience the same from a string player's perspective. But in my humble opinion it is a combination of 2 factors. One depends on harmonics induced in the instrument played, the other is a more subjective element: often 'sharper' keys tend to play music at a higher pitch too, which results to brightening of the music played. Maybe because a lot of written music wanders around the natural scale of the clef, which goes up 1 full tone per 2 extra sharps (circle of fifths). To get back to the former point, playing F minor (4 flats) on the cello dulls most natural harmonics on the open strings, which results in an eerie, almost dead color. To my ears at least. Just my (musical) 2 cents, Olivier > > Michael (lighting blue touch-paper and retiring to a safe distance). > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org <javascript:;> > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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