stewblack Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Teaching a guy the basics - I'm not qualified but he wanted me too, if this offends anyone look away! - and he wants a bit of theory. Well I'm staying one step ahead of him (my piano lessons were a million years ago) by reading up and asking in places like this. The great thing is I'm starting to read music and really getting a taste for it. We were trying to figure the difference between the key of G flat and the key of F sharp. Any ideas that I can share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 These days Gb and F# etc are the same note. Before the standardisation of the scales and thier notes this wasn't the case. I some info on ask.com by asking what's the difference in music between Gb and F# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Playing-wise, there's no difference at all. This is a case of what's called "Enharmonic Equivalents". Ie., two notes (or in this case, keys!) that are written differently, but sound the same. The key of Gb Major has six flats & F# Major has six sharps. So they look very different on paper, but playing-wise they're identical. So if you were thinking you could get away with learning just one scale for the two keys, you were absolutely right!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted December 22, 2007 Author Share Posted December 22, 2007 My initial answer was one had 6 flats and the other had six sharps! Cheers guys, the last thing I want is to pass on false information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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