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Nov. 7th, 2008 05:59 pmdcseainYour result for What's your key signature?...
A-Flat Major
What do you get when you drop a piano on an army base?
Congratulations, you’re A-flat Major, a nice quiet break from all the rocking going around. A-flat is a key more suited for symphonies and chamber music halls than for rock concerts, and a look at the number of rock songs in A-flat confirms that. In my exhaustive search for rockers in Ab, in fact (I spent about 12 seconds on Google) I only found one. It makes sense why this key is so associated with peace and serenity, most of the music played on it is by woodwinds. Guitar, Piano, Bass and other non winds tend to have some trouble with 4 flats, leading to naught but woodwindy love for this key. :3
You’re the type of person who is a vegetarian only because you don’t like the thought of killing animals, and you prefer protests to parties. Keep up the lovely environment of happy you create around yourself, and you’re going to snap eventually.
SONG EXAMPLE:
Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 (Shut up, I tried.)
INTERESTING TIDBIT:
* Some nuts consider A-Flat one of the best keys for flute music, despite flutes being tuned in C.
* One of the most popular uses for the key overall is as a transition key for the second movements of symphonies in C Minor.
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Date: 2008-11-08 12:33 am (UTC)Your result for What's your key signature?...
F Major
You're a little flat there, Romeo.
Congratulations, you’re F Major, combining the ease of C Major with just a tint of flatness among it. This key is just perfect for sappy ballads, just ask Paul McCartney! (Yesterday, Michelle AND Hey Jude were all in the key of F!) This key is ideal for pianists who want a touch of softness in their step, or guitarists who happen to like Capoing the first fret. Most instruments have no problem with the key of F, and several horns even have it as their home key. Seriously, though. Try and find a hard rocking punk song in F. Not happening. Punk people tend to stray from such happy keys.
You hopeless romantic, you. Go for it, and play something beautiful on your accordion in F major the next time your girl/guy/Transgendered partner is around, you’ll be amazed by the results. Or maybe you won’t, it really depends on whether or not she/he/it is in the mood. But it can’t hurt!
SONG EXAMPLE:
I gave you three up there, go away.
INTERESTING TIDBIT:
* The Haydn brothers wrote more symphonies in F major than any other set of musical brothers. This was probably in part because there are very few sets of musical brothers who composed symphonies.
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Date: 2008-11-08 04:15 am (UTC)D Minor
Congratulations, I guess. You’re D Minor, the key that F Major turns to when its lover dumps it. This key is downright depressing, but not in a loud way. This is more the “brooding as you slowly cut yourself in the corner” type of depressing. A member of the totally-real band Spinal tap once said that when D minor begins, “everyone instantly starts weeping." It’s an easy key to play for many instruments, and is quite a nice key for slow jazz ballads, as if you didn’t have enough of the blues.
So yeah, you’re D Minor, but you probably don’t care. In fact, you were probably expecting this when you started the damn quiz. Pessimism isn’t always the answer, friend!
SONG EXAMPLE: So What? By Miles Davis (OK, I know it’s actually in D’s Dorian mode, but close the hell enough.)
INTERESTING TIDBIT:
* This key is actually fairly easy to rock in if you’re in drop D, but you rarely hear any super punk death metal in D Minor. Odd.
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In addition, according to the "Which Musician Are You?" quiz, I am Neil Young.
Now, I'm off to find a Neil Young song in D minor. Presumably, it will contain the ultimate secret of my life.
Alternately: whatever.