Re: Gis major key signature; Lily's key signature algorithm

[Thomas Morley]

Hi Urs,

2018-02-07 22:18 GMT+01:00 Urs Liska <address@hidden>:

> I'd always argue that depending on the style (actually most European music
> from the 18th until far into the 20th century) E major is worlds apart from
> Fes major (and with "worlds" I really mean heaven/earth, life/death,
> dream/reality, whatever you want).
>
> My favourite example is in Schubert's song Schwangesang D 744
> (http://imslp.org/wiki/Schwanengesang,_D.744_(Schubert,_Franz) ).
> The song is in a flat major, then turns to the darker mood of the variant a
> flat minor and its parallel c flat major (both six flats)

sure about _six_ flats?

> and then reaches
> an absolute anticlimax on the word "auflösend" (meaning: life is dissolving)
> on the minor subdominant: a fes minor seventh chord (=> <fes' asas' ces''
> eses''> in LilyPond language)! There's no way this could ever make sense in
> e minor.

Always nice as reference for extreme notation issues:
http://homes.soic.indiana.edu/donbyrd/CMNExtremes.htm
here:
http://homes.soic.indiana.edu/donbyrd/CMNExtremesBody.htm#pitch
Though, I couldn't find an image for the mentioned pieces.

Cheers,
  Harm