D major
D major | |
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Chord symbol (s) : | D. |
Parallel Tone : | B minor |
Dominant : | A major |
Subdominant : | G major |
Scale : | d - e - fis ^ g - a - h - cis ^ d |
D-Dur is a key of the musical scale major based on the root note d is built. The key of D major is written with two sharps (f sharp, c sharp) in musical notation . The corresponding scale and the basic chord of this key (the tonic d-f sharp-a) are also designated by the term D major.
D major is considered the most festive of the keys. This has to do with the fact that in the times of baroque music the baroque trumpets that were played on festive occasions were mostly tuned in D. Johann Mattheson , a contemporary of Bach, describes in his music-theoretical work "The newly opened Orchester" in D major as "the most comfortable for making noise, funny, bellicose and encouraging things."
In addition, D major is the most common key in Irish folklore as the Irish traditional wind instruments (e.g. the uilleann pipes ) are tuned in D. This key can also be played quite easily on the violin.
Classification of the key
Sign : | 7 ♭ + fes
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6 ♭ + ces
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5 ♭ + total
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4 ♭ + des
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3 ♭ + as
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2 ♭ + es
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1 ♭ b
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0 ♭ / ♯ |
1 ♯ f sharp
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2 ♯ + c sharp
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3 ♯ + g sharp
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4 ♯ + dis
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5 ♯ + ais
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6 ♯ + ice
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7 ♯ + his
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Major keys: | Ces | Ges | Of | As | It | B. | F. | C. | G | D. | A. | E. | H | F sharp | Cis |
Minor keys: | as | it | b | f | c | G | d | a | e | H | f sharp | cis | g sharp | dis | ais |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Mattheson: The newly opened orchestra . Hamburg 1713, p. 242, koelnklavier.de , accessed April 3, 2020.