Talk:D major

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Do you have a source on the Rimsky-Korsakov/Scriabin conversation? I know both of them assigned colors to keys, but Scriabin didn't write any operas, so I suspect the names might be backwards. Thanks, Antandrus (talk) 19:19, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think that the opera referred to here is The Golden Cockrel by Rimsky-Korsakov, and that "used an example from the latter composer's own operas" is what is meant. But I'm going to have to doublecheck this, though. Del arte 19:34, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
That's probably the right opera. I heard this tidbit on one of those quizzes from the Texaco Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. I should've double-checked it before putting it in. Anton Mravcek 21:24, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Mozart's "Unnumbered" Symphonies

I stand corrected. We normally talk about 41 Mozart symphonies, but there are probably 61 by my count (see Köchel-Verzeichnis). Numbers 42-55 have been allocated (out of historical sequence), but there are still 6 others that remain unnumbered (K.19a, 16a, 45a, 66c, 66d and 66e; K.207a and 213c are symphonic movements, not full symphonies).

[edit] Keyboard Fingering

It would be a good idea to add the standard keyboard fingering for a two-octave D major scale. Some quibbles with the K numbers shown in the article at the moment:

  • K.73 is "Number 44"
  • K.73n is "Number 45"
  • K.141a is "Number 50"
  • K.111a is a finale only
  • agree with K.66c. JackofOz 00:24, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting Songs

Don't continue to delete songs from the lists that should be there! It's not like they break any rules!

[edit] I Can See Clearly Now

I think it makes sense to include songs based on the major scale only, not the Mixolydian mode. For the phrase:

It's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day, the first "bright" is a C♮, putting the song in the Mixolydian mode. Anything wrong with this?? Georgia guy 14:02, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Well-known music in this key

I plan on deleting any unsourced entries from this in a few weeks. (Listening to a piece and trying to figure out the key is not a source, and is also WP:OR.) Torc2 (talk) 08:22, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The comment on dropped D tuning allowing two opens on the D major scale...

This is only correct if it is in the Great octave, the typical D major is in the small octave. In Helmholtz, this would mean that if you used the dropped D tuning, then it'd be D-d, but the standard D major is d-d', and in Scientific, it would mean D2-D3 if you used the dropped D in the scale and D3-D4 if you used the standard D major. Refer to the article on D and check the chart to see what I mean. I think that should be noted somewhere in the article, but I'm just double checking to make sure everyone is okay with it. - J-Whitt (talk) 01:38, 6 March 2008 (UTC)