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Musicians: when you play in a key with 6 sharps or flats...?

as you go along the score, do you having the feeling of playing minesweeper? Like, you may step on a bomb (playing the wrong note)? As a pianist, I feel like that. Wondering whether anyone else has similar experience or is it different for other instruments?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Can't say that I have ever thought before of minesweeper when I play the piano with a lot of sharps/flats. Sometimes it is great when the music is all flats/sharps cos then you don't have many "white" keys to worry about. It's when there is 3-4 flats/sharps which makes me a bit apprehensive when playing in case I hit the wrong note (while sight reading especially in an exam last time) - then I guess you can say it's like what you said - minesweeper - cos I'm literally on my finger tips hoping to not hit the wrong key! You know what the real killer is for me making it a mind field? - 3-4 flats/sharps and heaps of accidentals thrown in + key change + time signature changes. Modern type music love doing that (makes your heart beat fast trying to read ahead...)

(I play the violin too, can't say the analogy works there cos you can always "slide" back into the write note if you play it wrong:P)