*relative minor* –> “F# MINOR”*
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(“red”)
(“a for apple”)
(“A major” (or the key of A) is a major scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, and G♯)
(its ‘key signature’ has three ‘sharps’)
(its ‘relative minor’ is ‘F-sharp minor’ and its ‘parallel minor’ is ‘A minor’)
(the key of ‘A major’ is the only key where a ‘Neapolitan sixth chord’ on 2^ requires both a flat and a natural accidental.
In the treble, alto, and bass clefs, the G♯ in the key signature is placed higher than C♯. However, in the tenor clef, it would require a ledger line and so G♯ is placed lower than C♯.
Although not as rare in the symphonic literature as sharper keys, examples of symphonies in A major are not as numerous as for D major or G major. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 comprise a nearly complete list of symphonies in this key in the Romantic era. Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet are both in A major, and generally Mozart was more likely to use clarinets in A major than in any other key besides E-flat major.[1] Moreover, the climax part of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky) is also A major.
A major is often thought of as the simplest key for violin and other orchestra instruments and beginning violin students’ first pieces are usually simple ones in this key.[citation needed]
A major occurs frequently in chamber music. Franz Schubert’s Piano Quintet known as the Trout Quintet and Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2are both in A major. Johannes Brahms, César Franck, and Gabriel Fauré wrote violin sonatas in A major. In connection to Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, Peter Cropper said that A major “is the fullest sounding key for the violin.”[2]
According to Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, A major is a key suitable for “declarations of innocent love, … hope of seeing one’s beloved again when parting; youthful cheerfulness and trust in God.”[3]
For orchestral works in A major, the timpani are typically set to A and E a fifth apart, rather than a fourth apart as for most other keys.
(‘hector berlioz’ complained about the custom of his day in which ‘timpani’ tuned to ‘A’ and ‘E’ a fifth apart were notated ‘C’ and ‘G’ a fourth apart, a custom which survived as late as the music of ‘franz berwald’)
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*OUR SONGS* –>
“RISKY BUSINESS”
“FROM CORK TO COUNTY MAYO”
“IONA”
“FINEST HOUR”
“SIM CITY”
“TABULA RASA”
“BEGINNER’S LUCK”
“PARADISE LOST”
“ALL HUNG UP AGAIN”
“MEATHEAD”
“TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY”
“TUMBLER”
KINDRED SPIRITS:
“LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS”
(“risky business”)
“TIME”
“NO MATTER WHAT”
(into “ticket to ride”)
“TICKET TO RIDE”
“I’VE JUST SEEN A FACE”
“WALKING ON SUNSHINE”
“SAY YOU LOVE ME”
“LADY MADONNA”
“SHE’S A WOMAN”
“SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW”
“I’VE GOT A FEELING”
“THAT’S ALRIGHT MAMA”
“ROCK N ROLL”
“OH! DARLING”
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