Re: [Harp-L] Just what exactly is 'key'?

["Doug H" <dough.harpl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I meant the following question for 'sheltraw', not Arthur.

What is your definition of key?  

Doug H
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: sheltraw@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
  To: Arthur Jennings 
  Cc: Harp-L 
  Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 11:11 AM
  Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Just what exactly is 'key'?


  Here's another Wikipedia page:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_%28music%29

  Please notice that the definition stresses cadences as defining a key. As
  I pointed out earlier there are multiple cadences with a jazz tune and
  each cadence usually resolves to a different tonal center. So in jazz
  this definition would not assign a key or at least a single key to most
  jazz tunes. Yet jazz players often do speak of a single key associated
  with a tune.

  Cheers1


  > Found this question on Ask Metafilter:
  > Music: Just what exactly is
  > 'key'?<http://ask.metafilter.com/6444/Music-Just-what-exactly-is-key>
  >
  > One of the answers was so good, Wikipedia references
  > it<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_%28music%29#External_links>
  > :
  > A simple, but accurate, explanation of the function of "keys" in
  > music<http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/6444#132028>
  >
  > --
  > Arthur Jennings
  > http://www.timeistight.com
  >