Why indeed. Frankly, I’ve never been convinced by HIPsters, even if in Chopin’s time the tuning was different. The harp etude sounds just plain bad in F sharp.
First, I didn’t say those examples would sound ‘bad’; I said they would sound ‘ridiculous’ or ‘ludicrous’, which are both instances of hyperbole for ‘strange’.
Second, I would contend that they would indeed sound strange. It is well established that even to listeners who lack absolute pitch, different tonalities have different sounds. The classic example is of course Schubert’s Gb Impromptu, which was published in G major. To me, and to many, many others, Schubert’s Gb Impromptu does indeed sound strange when played in the key of G. In the same way, the examples I listened would similarly sound strange.
yes, even though I do not have absolute pitch, I do hear a difference between keys, and even when humming a piece, I somehow do it in the original key, I just can’t imagine it otherwise.
I’m sure you could get used to it; though the ‘effect’ of the piece would surely be different. 10/1 in Bb would never sound as ‘grandiose’ or as ‘awe-inspiring’ to me as it does in C.
bleh… anyone could do that for the first bars, i wonder if he could transpose 10/4 or 10/7
and i totally disagree with the new keys. da old Chop choose wisely every key. That makes me believe he had perfect pitch. Just the exact keys to every sheeyat he composed.
Dude, Wild could play through 10/4 or 10/7 in pretty much any key. He’s a legend at that. I’ve heard stories of him randomly playing the Goldberg variations all in random keys.