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msongs

(71,792 posts) Sat Jul 12, 2025, 01:15 AM Saturday

what key sig is a semitone lower than Eb major? which is a full tone? gracias..

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what key sig is a semitone lower than Eb major? which is a full tone? gracias.. (Original Post) msongs Saturday OP

I don't know but it might be somewhere in the video I'm posting... wcmagumba Saturday #1

Wouldn't it be D & Db ? nilram Saturday #2

that is my guess. but being a non music theory person most google search answers are way too complex. msongs Saturday #3

D Major ProfessorGAC Saturday #4

wcmagumba

(4,343 posts)

1. I don't know but it might be somewhere in the video I'm posting...

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 01:24 AM

Saturday

Just kidding but you never know, I always enjoyed this alien musical scene from the film, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"...

nilram

(3,256 posts)

2. Wouldn't it be D & Db ?

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 01:51 AM

Saturday

msongs

(71,792 posts)

3. that is my guess. but being a non music theory person most google search answers are way too complex.

Reply to nilram (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 02:28 AM

Saturday

I just wanted a simple answer lol. thanks.

ProfessorGAC

(73,573 posts)

4. D Major

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 09:35 AM

Saturday

And Db Major.
Unless we're talking about diatonic, the major/minor doesntchange when talking about full or half-steps.
Diatonic changes thing a bit, but there is logic to it.

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