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Does JW favor certain keys?


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My ear isn’t trained to pick up on this kind of thing, but I wonder... does JW like to write in specific keys for specific moods or settings? Like Beethoven and his “heroic” writing in C minor? (Or he who I shall not name who likes to drone on in D minor?)

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Thanks, @Ludwig! That was really informative and interesting! I’d heard of equal temperament, but never realized that was one of its implications. Or that JW would write for the instrument’s range rather than some specific key to get the sound he wanted. 
 

The more I learn about music history/theory, the more fascinating I find it. I admire you and the others here who study music seriously.

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From years of studying John Williams, I'd say he favors the following keys, in no specific order:

 

- the key to his house.

- the key to his basement, where he keeps John Williams the guitarist.

- the key to his car.

- the key to the cupboard where he keeps his ASM cookies.

- the key to Daisy's heart. :heart:

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