On 12/26/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
I think the question had more to do with verifying a
claim that a
particular musical work is in C major. It would seem a waste of time if
every time the description of a piece of music included its key there
would need to be a source to establish that as true.
If someone claims that a piece of music is in C major I have to accept
that without the need to go through a mini-course on music theory.
Which "someone" do you mean - a Wikipedian? The hard-line view of OR
which has dominated most of this discussion seems to indicate that a
source is needed for *everything*. IMHO, totally unworkable, and not
even desirable. We serve our readers, and ourselves, better by simply
referring to the work as being in C, then if we feel the need, adding
a footnote like "No sharps or flats are indicated in the key
signature, and the final cadence is C major" or whatever.
Steve