What does a key refer to in music?

Answer 1

Key can refer to any of the individual levers on a keyboard that is pressed to produce a tone. It can refer to parts of other instruments pressed down for the same reason. Key can also refer to the most general description of the tonality of a piece of music. In most western musics, a piece will be written in a particular 'key', as in A flat major or E minor. This means that the harmonic movement in the piece brings it to a final resolution with, respectively, an A flat major chord or an E minor chord. Some pieces will have complicated harmonies and will move from key to key before finally resolving.

Answer 2

The term key is used to denote the scale in which the song is written. For example, if a song is written in C major, there will be no sharps or flats, because the scale of C major contains no sharps or flats. The key is usually written at the beginning of a music piece just before the time signature.

a central tone, scale, and chord

Answer 3

fermatta, choir, intonation, voice, instrument, rubato, staccato, legato, songs, notes, singing, beats, time signatures, eighth notes, quarter notes, ritardondo, half notes, whole notes, diction, piano, forte, metso forte, metso piano, posture

Answer 4

The key of the song refers to what notes are being played.

For example:

If a song contains the notes E, F♯, G, A, B, C, and D then the song is in the key of E minor.

The chords A minor, F major, G major and C major could be in 2 keys; A minor and C major and both keys contain the notes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. If you were to play a scale in A minor, the first note would be an A, if you were to play a C major scale, the first note would be a C.

Answer 5

Tonality.

Answer 6

Tonality.

Answer 7

tonality