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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kevgermany" data-source="post: 39919" data-attributes="member: 65"><p>1 - No. In classical definition a tune will finish on the tonic and modern stuff usually does, but it's not always the case. You get the tonic from the key signature. Note each major has an associated minor called the relative minor. This uses the same physical notes, from a different starting point. Easiest to see on a keyboard. C Major and A minor are one such pair. Start with the C, playing all the white notes for C major, and with A, again on all the white notes for A minor. If you're not sure if a piece is major or minor, have a look at the guitar chords. Generally minor pieces will have minor chords. </p><p></p><p>2 - Effectively Yes, it's the minor scale that gives it it's sound.</p><p></p><p>3 - You can transpose a piece into any scale you want, as long as it's highest and lowest notes are within the range of the instrument. Despite what I said before, you could transpose a piece from C major to A# minor, but if you wanted it to sound the same in the new key, it'd be a mess of accidentals, not to mention all the sharps in the key signature.   </p><p></p><p>If the tune didn't sound right after your transposition, then you did something wrong, so a couple of rules: </p><p></p><p>When you transpose </p><p>Take the current key and decide how much you want to transpose by. </p><p>Let's say you want to go from C to D. </p><p>First change the key sig (D has 2 sharps, C none). </p><p>Then move each note up one place on the stave. So C moves to D, D to E and so on. </p><p>What about an accidental like G# - this does the same, goes to A and retains it's sharp. </p><p>The only tricky one is when you move an accidental sharp in the old key to a note that's already sharp in the new key - you need to write it as a double sharp. So E# would move to F## transposing from C to D. Same goes for flats in flat keys. </p><p></p><p>Nb, the above applies to minors as well. So if the piece had been written in A minor, and you wanted to move it to B minor (the relative minor of D), exactly the same would happen - so no need to worry about majors and minors, just take the key sig, assume it's major, work out the current key, and new key, and apply the rules above.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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