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Old 09-12-2009, 03:40 AM
Howard Emerson Howard Emerson is offline
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Originally Posted by Fran Guidry View Post
European based music is organized in keys, sequences of 8 principal notes selected from the 12 tones available in the chromatic scale.

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

The key of G (major assumed) uses the notes:

G A B C D E F# (F sharp)

The choice of key then implies a set of chords, with the three main chords being G, C, and D.

Fran
Hello Fran,
It's much, much simpler than that: A bluegrass song in the key of 'G' means 'Gomer'.

:-]

HE
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