I actually found this incredibly interesting, would really appreciate it if you could try and find where you found it!xrylex wrote:there are HUGE differences in the "feel" of each key.
i cant remember where i got this from originally but regardless here a list of characteristics:
C Major: Completely Pure. Its character is: innocence, simplicity, naïvety, children's talk.
C Minor: Declaration of love and at the same time the lament of unhappy love. All languishing, longing, sighing of the love-sick soul lies in this key.
Db Major: A leering key, degenerating into grief and rapture. It cannot laugh, but it can smile; it cannot howl, but it can at least grimace its crying.--Consequently only unusual characters and feelings can be brought out in this key.
C# Minor: Penitential lamentation, intimate conversation with God, the friend and help-meet of life; sighs of disappointed friendship and love lie in its radius.
D Major: The key of triumph, of Hallejuahs, of war-cries, of victory-rejoicing. Thus, the inviting symphonies, the marches, holiday songs and heaven-rejoicing choruses are set in this key.
D Minor: Melancholy womanliness, the spleen and humours brood.
Eb Major: The key of love, of devotion, of intimate conversation with God.
D# Minor: Feelings of the anxiety of the soul's deepest distress, of brooding despair, of blackest depresssion, of the most gloomy condition of the soul. Every fear, every hesitation of the shuddering heart, breathes out of horrible
D# minor: If ghosts could speak, their speech would approximate this key.
E Major: Noisy shouts of joy, laughing pleasure and not yet complete, full delight lies in E Major.
E minor: Naïve, womanly innocent declaration of love, lament without grumbling; sighs accompanied by few tears; this key speaks of the imminent hope of resolving in the pure happiness of C major.
F Major: Complaisance & Calm.
F Minor: Deep depression, funereal lament, groans of misery and longing for the grave.
F# Major: Triumph over difficulty, free sigh of relief utered when hurdles are surmounted; echo of a soul which has fiercely struggled and finally conquered lies in all uses of this key.
F# Minor: A gloomy key: it tugs at passion as a dog biting a dress. Resentment and discontent are its language.
G Major: Everything rustic, idyllic and lyrical, every calm and satisfied passion, every tender gratitude for true friendship and faithful love,--in a word every gentle and peaceful emotion of the heart is correctly expressed by this key.
G Minor: Discontent, uneasiness, worry about a failed scheme; bad-tempered gnashing of teeth; in a word: resentment and dislike.
Ab Major: Key of the grave. Death, grave, putrefaction, judgment, eternity lie in its radius.
Ab Minor: Grumbler, heart squeezed until it suffocates; wailing lament, difficult struggle; in a word, the color of this key is everything struggling with difficulty.
A Major: This key includes declarations of innocent love, satisfaction with one's state of affairs; hope of seeing one's beloved again when parting; youthful cheerfulness and trust in God.
A minor: Pious womanliness and tenderness of character.
Bb Major: Cheerful love, clear conscience, hope aspiration for a better world.
Bb minor: A quaint creature, often dressed in the garment of night. It is somewhat surly and very seldom takes on a pleasant countenance. Mocking God and the world; discontented with itself and with everything; preparation for suicide sounds in this key.
B Major: Strongly coloured, announcing wild passions, composed from the most glaring coulors. Anger, rage, jealousy, fury, despair and every burden of the heart lies in its sphere.
B Minor: This is as it were the key of patience, of calm awaiting ones's fate and of submission to divine dispensation.
xrylex wrote:there are HUGE differences in the "feel" of each key.
i cant remember where i got this from originally but regardless here a list of characteristics:
C Major: Completely Pure. Its character is: innocence, simplicity, naïvety, children's talk.
C Minor: Declaration of love and at the same time the lament of unhappy love. All languishing, longing, sighing of the love-sick soul lies in this key.
Db Major: A leering key, degenerating into grief and rapture. It cannot laugh, but it can smile; it cannot howl, but it can at least grimace its crying.--Consequently only unusual characters and feelings can be brought out in this key.
C# Minor: Penitential lamentation, intimate conversation with God, the friend and help-meet of life; sighs of disappointed friendship and love lie in its radius.
D Major: The key of triumph, of Hallejuahs, of war-cries, of victory-rejoicing. Thus, the inviting symphonies, the marches, holiday songs and heaven-rejoicing choruses are set in this key.
D Minor: Melancholy womanliness, the spleen and humours brood.
Eb Major: The key of love, of devotion, of intimate conversation with God.
D# Minor: Feelings of the anxiety of the soul's deepest distress, of brooding despair, of blackest depresssion, of the most gloomy condition of the soul. Every fear, every hesitation of the shuddering heart, breathes out of horrible
D# minor: If ghosts could speak, their speech would approximate this key.
E Major: Noisy shouts of joy, laughing pleasure and not yet complete, full delight lies in E Major.
E minor: Naïve, womanly innocent declaration of love, lament without grumbling; sighs accompanied by few tears; this key speaks of the imminent hope of resolving in the pure happiness of C major.
F Major: Complaisance & Calm.
F Minor: Deep depression, funereal lament, groans of misery and longing for the grave.
F# Major: Triumph over difficulty, free sigh of relief utered when hurdles are surmounted; echo of a soul which has fiercely struggled and finally conquered lies in all uses of this key.
F# Minor: A gloomy key: it tugs at passion as a dog biting a dress. Resentment and discontent are its language.
G Major: Everything rustic, idyllic and lyrical, every calm and satisfied passion, every tender gratitude for true friendship and faithful love,--in a word every gentle and peaceful emotion of the heart is correctly expressed by this key.
G Minor: Discontent, uneasiness, worry about a failed scheme; bad-tempered gnashing of teeth; in a word: resentment and dislike.
Ab Major: Key of the grave. Death, grave, putrefaction, judgment, eternity lie in its radius.
Ab Minor: Grumbler, heart squeezed until it suffocates; wailing lament, difficult struggle; in a word, the color of this key is everything struggling with difficulty.
A Major: This key includes declarations of innocent love, satisfaction with one's state of affairs; hope of seeing one's beloved again when parting; youthful cheerfulness and trust in God.
A minor: Pious womanliness and tenderness of character.
Bb Major: Cheerful love, clear conscience, hope aspiration for a better world.
Bb minor: A quaint creature, often dressed in the garment of night. It is somewhat surly and very seldom takes on a pleasant countenance. Mocking God and the world; discontented with itself and with everything; preparation for suicide sounds in this key.
B Major: Strongly coloured, announcing wild passions, composed from the most glaring coulors. Anger, rage, jealousy, fury, despair and every burden of the heart lies in its sphere.
B Minor: This is as it were the key of patience, of calm awaiting ones's fate and of submission to divine dispensation.
Damn you guys.
That`s like saying you`re a bitchkaiori breathe wrote:"A minor: Pious womanliness and tenderness of character. " - Awww damn, most of what I write is in A minor.
yeh I think it`s all up to personal taste really.VirtualMark wrote:a lot of them seem to be quite negative! yet tunes written in those keys don't sound gloomy or depressing to me.
ahh hate to break it to you debby....AllNightDayDream wrote:Hate to be a debby downer, but attributing certain emotions or feelings to keys (in terms of the tonic, or "base note") is nonsense. It's the structure of the key, e.g. Major, minor, etc, and how you move within those intervals that give it those emotional characteristics.
Because of that massive post by you that implied exactly that? He wasn't saying F minor is a note. He was asking why playing the same patterns in B Major and C Major (for example) would sound entirely different. You really believe transposing any old tune up by a semi-tone will take it from thisxrylex wrote:ahh hate to break it to you debby....AllNightDayDream wrote:Hate to be a debby downer, but attributing certain emotions or feelings to keys (in terms of the tonic, or "base note") is nonsense. It's the structure of the key, e.g. Major, minor, etc, and how you move within those intervals that give it those emotional characteristics.
but ive never heard of a single note called Fmajor or Cminor. This discussion is not relating to single root notes/the tonic but its specifically discussing the qualities of a KEY/musical scale of a track. since we are discussing the KEY a track is in, it should go without saying that the intervals and progressions between notes/chords of said track/said key are what relates to qualities/emotions. Not sure why you would think that this was discussing single notes.
to this?B Major: Strongly coloured, announcing wild passions, composed from the most glaring coulors. Anger, rage, jealousy, fury, despair and every burden of the heart lies in its sphere.
C Major: Completely Pure. Its character is: innocence, simplicity, naïvety, children's talk.
you are right he didnt say it was a note... but Fminor can only refer to A KEY/SCALE or a Chord. neither are a single note. i certainly did not imply at any point that these qualities were relating to a root note.... so where is the confusion???therapist wrote: Because of that massive post by you that implied exactly that?
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