A piano sonata in this key begins with the right hand arpeggiating a tonic triad over an Alberti bass in the left hand.
A piano sonata in this key begins with the right hand arpeggiating a tonic triad over an Alberti bass in the left hand. A minimalist piece in this key calls for an indefinite number of performers to play arbitrary repetitions of fifty-three different phrases. If a trumpet or a clarinet plays a scale notated in this key, it will actually play a scale in B-flat major. Terry Riley wrote a piece titled In this key. All string instruments are notated in this key, which is relative to A minor. This key was used to write the opening prelude and fugue of J.S. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as Mozart's so-called "simple sonata." For 10 points, name this major key which contains no sharps or flats.
A piano sonata in this key begins with the right hand arpeggiating a tonic triad over an Alberti bass in the left hand.
C major [or C; do not accept "C minor"]