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Thread #84304   Message #1555565
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
03-Sep-05 - 04:07 PM
Thread Name: Irish music : why is it in D and G ?
Subject: RE: Irish music : why is it in D and G ?
I tallied the keys of the first 60 songs in O'Neill's Music of Ireland.

G -      21
D       14
B-flat - 12
C         7
F         3
E-flat    2
A         2

I suspect that dance music might vary less. (Someone else can count if they want.) But when it comes to lyrical pieces, it isn't true that it only comes in G and D.