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

[Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Chuck Sher "New Real Book Volume 2" gives it as one flat: i.e., D minor.
Are you saying Hal Leornard shows three flats (F minor) or are you confusing
the F major / D minor key signature.

Aebersold Volume 54 shows no sharps or flats in any of the transpositions
(concert, Bb or Eb); I take that to mean "no key notated" rather than C.

My iRealBook app gives it as D minor.

But go ahead and ignore keys if it works for your playing.



On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 9:50 PM, <sheltraw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Arthur
>
> > Where a key signature is given, it should indicate the overall key of a
> > piece.
>
> My real book gives a key signature of C for Impressions. My Hal Leonard
> Jazz Favorites book gives a key signature of F.
>
> The tune has only two chords Dm7 and Ebm7. Ebm7 isn't a diatonic chord
> built
> from either of the keys indicated by the Real Book or the Hal Leonard
> book. The melody over the Dm7 is definitely built around D dorian mode
> whereas
> the melody over the Em7 is built around E dorian. Is Hal Leonard book
> wrong.
>
> Some folks say that there is no necessary relationship between "key" and
> "key signature".
>
>


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