> > Yes, most of the good tunes are in D, but I'm not sure if that's only because it's what I think in.
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> I thought **I** was the only one!!!! :-)

Hey, me too. Why is C considered normal? It's no noncomittal.

> Brunnen-"the ONLY key worth the effort"G

Well, yeah. All the rest are novelties. The minor keys you notice, the really major keys you notice. D is just comfortable. You shouldn't have to think "this key is minor" because the key is not the music. The music is the music. The fewer distractions, the better.

Chr"which is why I can't stand ugly violins. Actually, that's more along the lines of cool-looking cars go faster. But they're distracting, too"is