Talk:A major

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Let the record show that although some of us might agree with User:Bottesini's removal of a couple of ABBA songs because the list is getting kinda long, we might not necessarily agree with his aesthetic assessment of the songs as "crap." Speaking for myself, I have not even heard those songs. Volunteer Sibelius Salesman 20:04, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, yeah I agree with Bottesini in this case! But on a more serious note (no pun intended), how are we going to stop these "well known" sections from getting out of hand? Lot's of people like adding to them but it's not always clear their edits add to encyclopedic understanding. Andeggs 21:53, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is "Get Back" (by the Beatles) in the key of A major?

I think I saw sheet music for it in C major. But that was from an "easy piano" collection. Volunteer Sibelius Salesman 19:26, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It turns out that the song is, in fact, in A Major, but uses the flat-VII chord (G) extensively.

I want to know if anyone has any opinions on whether songs in the Mixolydian mode should be included in lists in articles like this. I say oppose, because these articles are about major keys and use the major scale key signatures. For example, I say that this article, which is about the key of A major with 3 sharps, should include songs based on the A major scale but not on the A Mixolydian mode with only 2 sharps. Anyone who disagrees?? Georgia guy 19:28, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Besides, there's an article about the Mixolydian mode. Volunteer Sibelius Salesman 18:51, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have a question about "City of Blinding Lights" by U2. I dunno about anyone else, but every cut I've heard of this song has been in A-flat major, not A. Just wondering if there is another cut/edit of the song that is in A major. Just wondering whether to move it to A-flat. mike.odonnell

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Anyone know why they picked this note/scale for the first key in alphabetical order? Was the minor scale or Aeolian Mode more important when they chose the letters? I find it interesting that when the European languages use 'ut' 're' 'mi', etc. for the same of keys that they start with a note that ends up being "C". Anyone know the history of how they picked the letters? Thanks.DavidRF (talk) 20:40, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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