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Old 06-09-2016, 03:04 PM
Lake Sagatagan Lake Sagatagan is offline
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I'm learning a beginner's Branle which is marked as having one sharp. Fine: key of G or E minor. However, the piece starts with an A, then C/ A, then, but for a recurring F#, seems obviously to continue in A minor through to the last two-note chord. Is this a standard method to indicate a key? (I would have written the piece as in the key of A minor, no sharps, and then sharped the F's.) What am I missing.
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Old 06-09-2016, 06:35 PM
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look at the ending of the melody. Usually, pieces end in key. See what you find there.
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Old 06-09-2016, 07:22 PM
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Thanks. It does end with an A/ A chord, consistent with being in A minor. However, I'm going to go with the theory that the dance is set in G, but in Dorian mode.
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Old 06-09-2016, 08:42 PM
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Thanks. It does end with an A/ A chord, consistent with being in A minor. However, I'm going to go with the theory that the dance is set in G, but in Dorian mode.
If it is the piece I think you are talking about? then that theory sounds right.
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