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| re: Sounds Dreadful | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 01:00 pm EDT 04/17/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Sounds Dreadful - Chromolume 12:20 pm EDT 04/17/20 | |
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| "Keys get changed all the time in musicals. It's a fact. So-called "original scores" are the product of placing songs in keys that work for those particular performers. It's not quite the same thing we think of as in classical music, where a concerto in G is always a concerto in G, lol. Obviously changing keys takes time and money to produce new materials, so it's avoided when it can be avoided. But in a case like this, where the cross-gender casting is the point of the production, I'm sure it's going to be done extensively. And it will be fine. Our ear only gets used to so-called "original keys" because we play the albums over and over again. ;-) " That's all very true, but I would also say: It depends. For example, in PIPPIN, the Leading Player sings "Magic to Do" with the chorus, and he sings "On the Right Track" with Pippin. Because the role was originally conceived for a male, the choral parts were written with a mind toward those keys, and so was the other male vocal part in the other song. When the keys are changed drastically, as for an alto belt, sometimes it just doesn't sound right to me, and I don't think it's just because I'm used to the original keys. |
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| re: Sounds Dreadful | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 04:25 pm EDT 04/17/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Sounds Dreadful - Michael_Portantiere 01:00 pm EDT 04/17/20 | |
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| Yes - sometimes key changes do affect choral arrangements and orchestrations, and yes, I would agree that the result isn't always satisfying (though I'm personally ok with the Pippin changes). One of my own examples would be the changes made to the rental version of "Will-A-Mania" from The Will Rogers Follies, a 3rd lower than the original (recorded) key, with all sorts of adjustments made to the choral parts and orchestrations, and it just doesn't work as well IMO. | |
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