Take the 2-minute tour ×  I was looking at Dvorak's Humoresque
(op 101 n 7) : it's mostly in Gb major, in the middle it changes
to F# minor. This would have looked more natural for me if F#
major instead of Gb major were used. I understand that F# major
and Gb major are equivalent (enharmonic), so I wonder why this
later was preferred. Both have six accidentals. I guess pianists
are more familiar/confortable with flats than sharps? Or perhaps
is there other reason? I come from guitar, and we are much more
familiar with sharps, so I'd preferred F#...  share|improve this
question Hey now, speak for yourself. We jazz guitarists are
plenty familiar with flats. Comes from playing with horns so
much. :) –  Alex Basson Dec 7 '11 at 0:55 The usual, obvious
suspects for such a key choice are not present in this piece as
far as I can tell. Worthy of further investigation... I'm sure a
scholarly analysis would address the topic, but I have not yet
located one. I will keep looking. –  Andrew Dec 7 '11 at 2:27
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