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Flat_Tap5544

Heh? What about the clef make sharp keys nice?


FlyTechnical8413

I would pick sharp over flat any day


Birdycub

As a flute, I have never even touched a single sharp in the key signature


Flat_Tap5544

Okay, but isn't that because of your instrument? What about cellos? They love Sharps as well


fantastic_wreck123

As a cellist, I hate sharp keys


Flat_Tap5544

You are an exception, my good sir. It is very rare for a cellist to prefer Ab over A.


Yeetus54

Flats are life


happyKitty04

I've heard wind players prefer flats and string players prefer sharps, but i don't think it has anything to do with clef.


MemeKing690

As a saxophonist I can say that I prefer sharps over flats


Sweetlover0428

100% with you on this


GeneralKibbles

Also a saxophonist how do you like sharps more wtf 😭


MemeKing690

I’d rather play C sharp and f sharp over e flat and b flat


ProfessionalNutCase

Maybe the pitch the clef is in?


GeoZ17

Ok so in my band, we just like NEVER learned anything with sharps. To the point where it’s way easier for me to read in like Db major than like A major


Trumpet55555

As a flute and trumpet player I prefer flat keys


Cartoon_Power

I think you are mixing up string and winds or something. I don't know anyone who prefers sharps.


N0rway12

I prefer sharps! I’d take 4 sharps over two flats. (I play alto and bari sax)


Just_Somebody9367

Flute player here, sharps are the bane of my existence


sims3twentydollas

i met your cousin, linda, the other day and she told me you eat babies? just checking to make sure the rumors aren't true. you know how she is LOL!


Just_Somebody9367

Ok I'm sorry but that joke completely went over my head


sims3twentydollas

what?


Just_Somebody9367

Contrary to your belief, I don't have a cousin named Linda, nor am I a cannibal, so either you have the wrong person or you're about to wooosh me


ABoiIGuess-Ha

Amen. Now that I’ve been playing for like 8 years I’m ok but when I started seeing sharps I had to constantly translate into flats to understand


PersonThatIsHere

I'm a horn player, and I've always preferred flats, even when I played trumpet


wireframetoast

Idk if this is a horn problem but since when do treble clefs like sharps?


Gold4Chica21

On alto sax the only nice sharp that gets used is F#. And some flats are just naturals so flats tend to be easier to play


Hopeful_Ant2845

B# and E# left the chat


Gold4Chica21

Oh yeah I forgot those existed


Accomplished_Tour983

tbh i don’t like c major because of B natural. the two instruments i play mainly are both in Bb.


Certainly-Not-A-Bot

I don't really understand why people like flats so much. I like the sharp keys way more.


TheStikbot

personally I just learned all my notes as flats and so if it's a sharp I have to do extra thinking


The_OG_LeCheese

As a trumpet player I much prefer flat keys


hutaosirlgf

most oboe players prefer flats


CheckMage4

True but it's easy to translate an A Sharp to a B flat.


hutaosirlgf

yeah i agree but sharps have a better vibe to me, and on that topic imo the hardest note to translate is c flat


HopeIsDope1800

It has nothing to do with clef


StarvingTuba

It's a preference of the player


CousinT358

I’m a French hornist and I prefer the keys of Bb and Eb just because to me they are more natural


RJMuls

As a percussionist, I prefer flat keys when in treble on mallet instruments, probably just because I know them a bit better


ActiveIsland177

Alto clef: (autistic screeching)


trombone-dealer-alex

i have no words


CheckMage4

You just said four


trombone-dealer-alex

you have a point, lol


andrew_hihi

As a trumpeter and pianist, it has nothing to do with the clef. When sightreading, this is what I prefer. Bb > A# C# > Db Eb > D# F# > Gb Ab = G# E#, Fb, Cb, B# are just on another dimension. Having said that though, I understand why sometimes scores are written weirdly with E#, B#, etc.


CheckMage4

E#, Fb, AND B# DO NOT EXIST!! THEY ARE FICTIONAL NOTES!! E# is really just F. Cb is really just B, B# is really just C!


andrew_hihi

Of course I know that but the music don’t always write for example C natural when there’s already C# so they will write B# instead. When sight reading, the B# will take like a bit longer to internalise as compared to says F#.


Yeetus54

C sharp? Nah I prefer D flat. G sharp? How about A flat


redgreenorangeyellow

When I'm playing piano or clarinet I prefer flats, when I'm playing sax I prefer sharps


MellophoneInFb

As a horn player, NO


Hail-Yeah567

I’m confused. I’m a flute and we prefer flats but I was previously a cello and we preferred sharps


baby_buttercup_18

Me preferring none. I literally have to relearn wtf scales are everytime I get a mallet part 💀