Do you have a favourite musical key to play or write in?

lately i love the keys of F and G minor.

i don't know why? but they just work for me.

They're all fantastic as it depends on the instrument, piece and the instrumentalist as well as their mood and the mood the composer wanted! Play something on a Bb cornet and transpose the same piece to a flute which is in C and they can be both haunting. Play the same piece on a violin and it can sound just as good. Too many beautiful pieces in so many different keys to specify a 'favourite. A minor, E minor etc - anything in a minor key for melodic if not often sobre mood pieces. Even F major which seems to be the 'purest' other than C Major as well as G Major amongst other majory keys for march music or upbeat pieces.

I prefer G and D as I play with string instruments that seem to favour these keys, but I do find A a much brighter sound when required.
Like you I do tend to use the relative minor when feeling that way!

Some tunes just need to be played in the key written, like you say it just works, equally some instruments favour some keys and indeed some can only be played in one or two fixed keys.

I write my piano songs in C major or A minor because they are all white keys. I then transpose them into different keys.

I write all of my guitar music in the key of E major or E minor. I then transpose them into different keys.

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Db major - it sounds really rich. I think of 'Un Sospiro" by Liszt as being a wonderful example of this richness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLHU2ES51...

EDIT: How can I get a thumbs down for that?? It's totally subjective!

D major is my favourite..it's so happy and makes me think of sunshine. many composers equate keys to colours..Madeleine Dring for example

Over the years of playing with horn players I tend to find that Bb and Eb major ends up as the democratically chosen key. I've just got used to them.

Most definitely D major and B minor. I've no idea why they just make everything sound great to me.

But my favourite note (I play piano) is the F below middle C. It's not to high and nor to low. (Ironic that I like to write in D and B minor).

Bb Major, G, C, B, and E minor
Bb/Gm-Boccherini Cello Concerto
Cm-I just like the key
Bm-Dvorak Cello Concerto
Em-Lalo and Elgar Cello Concerto

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Yes! My favourite key of all times is D minor, because "it's the saddest key" and because of the great Bach harpsichord concerto in D minor that I'm slowly learning to play. I like G minor as well. Don't know why I'm not into major keys, but if I had to pick I'd say A or F#.