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I voted no but I have a synesthetic friend who would disagree. I realize that different instruments playing in the same key can sound completely different in terms of emotion, even if the music that is played is exactly the same. Now all these emotional associations are just from my experience as a pianist. The fact that C major sounds to me like happy boredom, along with the fact that a small bit of chromaticism makes me question whether or not it actually is in C major, and that C major is the most common key in all of music, is why I have it as my one and only avoid key. G minor - If it comes after a dramatic passage, Calming down, Otherwise, variable.

C minor - Most variable of all the minor keys.

F minor - The Key of Death, Unrelievably sad.

Bb minor - Naturally angry, regardless of tempo or dynamic.

Eb minor - Jazzy, even with a completely regular rhythm.

G# minor - So uncommon I don't have an associated emotion unlike with C# major.

B minor - Mountain climbing, Working hard.

A minor - Completely neutral key, as if the sadness of D minor and the happiness of C major canceled out, and left this void of a key that is A minor.

Eb major - Sleeping in a field of flowers.

Ab major - Dreamy, Flying and enjoying it.

B major - Dreamy, Figuring out what to do next.

A major - Bouncy, staccato reinforces it.

G major - Completed a minor task or in general, warm.

C major - Happy boredom in most conditions.

I will separate this into a major and minor list. I myself have specific emotional associations with certain keys. I find that how the different keys relate to one another is the most important factor in choosing the mood for the work! I often modulate in unexpected ways in most of my pieces (some longer works can go through a dozen key changes) but generally find my way back to the home key. Not saying it isn't true-it's just not true for me.

I can evoke any feeling or emotion using any key, so I don't buy into the key psychology stuff. Fun to think about but not practically useful at all.Ĭhoosing the home key (for me) depends largely on the instruments and their ranges. I think the colors have come about because of a visual association with a sentinel piece in that particular key. I don't, however, see these colors as I'm listening to pieces as they play-even "simple" pieces use so many chords that it would look like fireworks in my head. D-flat major is sea green, F major is sky blue, D is bright red, for example. In a sense, the keys have different "colors" to me.