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Quiz: The key of this music

Quiz: The key of this music

What key is this music played in by the band?
http://members.chello.hu/nemethmik/CeilidhBudapest/TheKeelRow.mp3

# Posted on November 21st 2005 by nemethmik

Re: Quiz: The key of this music

F# I wonder why

# Posted on November 21st 2005 by McMandolin

Re: Quiz: The key of this music

Sounds more to me like C maj, but up a half step. So either everyone is on Eb instruments or tuned up a half step, or the pitch got bumped up a notch in the recording.

# Posted on November 21st 2005 by Will CPT

Re: Quiz: The key of this music

No, I think you'll find it's C sharp or D flat(more likely). Of course, there will be F sharp chords in the tune, if you're accompanying it.

I said "more likely" to be D flat because, although I know that C# and Db are the same key, they're likely to be playing in that by accident. The chances are that they are actually playing the tune in "D" which is quite a common key for it but either the instruments are flat or, quite possibly, the recording is too slow. This happened a lot with older recordings played back on different equipment.

# Posted on November 21st 2005 by Johannes J

Re: Quiz: The key of this music

Great minds think alike , Will. :-)

# Posted on November 21st 2005 by Johannes J

Re: Quiz: The key of this music

yep its c# allright

# Posted on November 21st 2005 by McMandolin

Re: Quiz: The key of this music

Yes, C#, but not really. The band is either tuned a half step sharp or flat (or the recording has been altered and acheives the same effect), and so they're playing out of either C major position or D major, respectively.

# Posted on November 21st 2005 by Will CPT

Re: Quiz: The key of this music

Might be playing in some sort of old pitch?

# Posted on November 22nd 2005 by geoffwright

Re: Quiz: The key of this music

Considering for the comments, using the free tool Audacity, I increased the speed by 3.5% and the pitch changed to D.
Thank you for the comments.
I've changed the speed by 3.5% of a couple of other tunes from the casette http://thesession.org/recordings/display.php/1808 and I got concert pitched tunes.
Thank you for your great ideas.
Miki

# Posted on November 22nd 2005 by nemethmik

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