So I did a scholarship music exam which involve writing some music. One of the pieces I submitted was called "Allegretto in G Major." I was quite proud of it, until today, when I noticed that it was in fact in C major.

 

Such a basic little thing to go wrong.

 

*runs around screaming and breaking things*

 

Moral of the story: never do things at 12:45 am on the day of the exam. *nods*

Dude, that sucks

 

When I took my college entrance exams I had barely slept the day before.  Sucks

 

 

BTW, G major and C major....is that a bid difference or not?  (I have no music skills)

They're closely related since G is the dominant of C, but they're still completely different keys.

Dominant, ay!?

 

Like, phenotype expression of the G note is dominant over the C note, and not recessive or codominant?

 

Or more like G is the dominant, while C is the slave in thier rituals of self pleasuring.

 

Or is it more like G is a major 3rd of C, and such rot.  (Dude, bonus points to me if I actually got this right here.  Heard the term once and figure G and C are about a 3rd an octave apart.)

close. :P In music, dominant means "fifth". It's really more like almost two thirds of an octave.

 

It works if you count the notes: C, D, E, F, G. Five notes from C to G.

 

I think the fifth is called the dominant because it's the most commonly used chord other than the tonic (the first one, in this case C) in western music.

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I knew that.

Good  :)

Maybe your professor has a sense of humor and thought it a play on the title???? Like you put the wrong major on purpose...  ;D

yes, maybe they'll think of it as a particularly unfortunate typo.  :-\

No, professor, I'm quite aware of the difference between G Major and C Major.

 

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No way, what a weird place for an ink splatter to end up! I'm sure I said "C Major" there!

well, it's particularly unfortunate because it was part of a portfolio that I had to submit. And I printed it out on the computer.

 

Printer error, yup. :P