Talk:G-flat major

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Leave these song lists alone! Only erase songs that don't belong there!

Including "Good Vibrations" in this list is rather dubious. It is true that the refrain begins in this key, although, because of the minor 7ths in it, it would more accurately be called G-flat Mixolydian. Using sequences, this refrain then repeats the phrase in A-flat Mixolydian, then B-flat Mixolydian. The verses are in E-flat minor, so this key has a stronger claim for this song than does G-flat major. After the second verse and refrain, the music modulates to keys such as B-flat major and F major. It ends with reminiscences of the refrain mainly in A-flat Mixolydian. So there is really no one key that this song uses as a whole.

It's a well-known song, of course; but its credentials to be in this list are probably rather slim. I'd put it in E-flat minor, if any key. That is, if it isn't D-sharp minor. Quite possibly the song was performed in D minor or E minor anyway and then shifted up or down a semitone by means of recording techniques. I wonder what key the published sheet music is in. M.J.E. 11:13, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]