Major minor minor major

Anything musical that will not fit into the above fora
Post Reply
timgill
Member
Posts: 94
Joined: Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:38 am
Instruments played, if any: Piano
Music Scores: No
Location: London UK
Contact:

Major minor minor major

Post by timgill »

A few nights ago I got together with a few (admittedly slightly inebriated) friends and we thought we'd try out some well-known pieces in the major key (where they were originally minor) and vice versa, on the piano. Some of them worked quite well, particularly the Chopin funeral march from the 2nd sonata - the middle part was particularly lovely in D flat minor. The Beethoven "Moonlight" sonata didn't go so well, but we tried a few others using the same trick. We all agreed that they sounded familiar, but "wrong", so I was wondering whether, in a more sober state of course, you might like to try out a few more and post your opinions on the results?

Have fun, as always

Tim
Jean-Séb
Pianomasochist
Posts: 1268
Joined: Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:30 pm
Instruments played, if any: Piano
Music Scores: Yes

Re: Major minor minor major

Post by Jean-Séb »

Interesting. We have an idea of the result with the numerous sets of variations composed on a given thema, with always a few variations in an alternative mode (minor or major).
Timtin
Pianodeity
Posts: 2002
Joined: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:36 pm
Instruments played, if any: Piano40
Music Scores: Yes
Contact:

Re: Major minor minor major

Post by Timtin »

Interesting indeed! I'd venture to suggest that quite a number of
Bach's 48 could be transmogrified in this manner with reasonably
convincing results.
Post Reply