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D major - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | D major is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F#, G, A, B, C# and D. |
 | | D major is well-suited to violin music because of the structure of the instrument, which is tuned G'D'A'E. The open strings resonate sympathetically with the D string, producing a sound that is especially brilliant. |
 | | Many trumpet sonatas were in D major, too, such as those by Corelli, Franceschini, Purcell, Torelli, etc. With the invention of the valve trumpet, however, preference shifted to the flatter keys, and thus Haydn wrote his famous trumpet concerto in the key of E-flat. |
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