The Fredösphere

Thanks be to Chan for sending me this link on Emmylou Harris, synaesthetes, and emotions in musical keys.  Yes, there are still fresh points to be made on the subject, and Norman Geras is making some, although I think associating B Flat with blackness is a minority opinion.  And the reader JK, who added a comment about Klezmer music for clarinet, would benefit from the knowledge that many clarinets have B Flat as their home key.

B Flat is not the friendliest key for singers, because the pitches upon which lie the breaks in their voices, so I'm biased against it.  It seems stodgy.  It's not the most natural key for sting orchestras, but all wind ensembles (not just Klezmer bands) find it very comfortable.