What Is The Hardest Key Signature To Play In And Why?
December 18th, 2009 by admin | Filed under sports.What is the hardest key signature to play in and why? I want to know because I want to challenge myself trying to create/improvise music in this key. If it depends on what instrument Tell me! :] I can play just about every instrument but my main ones and the ones I’d be playing on are piano and guitar. (I love rock/metal but I’m not a complete metal head junkie! I love/play classical, jazz, flamenco, ect.)
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It depends on the instrument, musical style, and practice level. For instance, C instrumentalists in classical orchestras get used to playing in several flats. A decent high-school oboist will be able to handle B-flat or E-flat as easily as C — but don’t ask him to handle A (three sharps) on no notice.
In general, the more flats or sharps, the harder it is, because you’re moving off “home position” more often. I played clarinet, and I found a# minor the worst: seven sharps and morose melody. Some people have more trouble with 6 or 5 sharps — with 7, they simply remember that *everything* is off.
Also, the non-standard modes (other than simply major-minor) will through some people even more, since the tonalities aren’t as familiar. If you really want to give people fits, try the harmonic minor, in which the ascending and descending scales differ.
I don’t know how much this helps you, but it should give you some ideas. Try practicing the scales on each instrument you want to sue, and see which ones give you the most trouble.