does anyone know what the minor is in the piano piece devilish inspiration by prokofiev op.4 no.4?

Question

pls help asap

the girl down below gave me a link but I dont know how to read keys. can someone tell me what minor the piece is in?

Answer 1

The problem is that Prokofiev wrote this piece in a manner to deliberately avoid traditional key centers and modes, such as minor and major. The only thing we can really say about it is the key center is C -- but he uses such a chromatic harmonic language that it is almost meaningless. Look at the opening chord -- C is in the bass, but D# and A are in the right hand -- certainly not a C chord of any sort -- and that is the point of this piece -- the use of the "devils" interval -- the tritone. Hence "Suggestion Diabolique". :-)

You will have trouble finding any "functional" harmonic patterns that you might find in music written by his contemporary, Rachmaninoff, or by the composers of the 19th century. "Welcome to the 20th century" is what Prokofiev is saying with these pieces.

I hope this helps a little>

EDIT:
I need to add that if you don't know how to read keys yet, I suggest you lear to as quickly as you can -- it's an important part of being a good musician. Best of luck to you.

Answer 2

Download a free PDF and see for yourself (the link is to Prokofiev's Diabolical Suggestion, Op.4, No.4):
http://www.sheetmusicarchive.net/dlpage_new.cfm?composition_id=1433

This is a website that has downloadable editions of public domain classical music. You can do 2 free DLs a day.

Answer 3

ask britney spears, isn't she in the music business -- she should know.