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''The Signature Series'' by producer Paolo Pietropaolo (who is host of In Concert on CBC Radio 2) and co-producer Denise Ball is a music program that explores the personality behind the key signatures of music by personifying each of the 24 keys as a person. In 2013, Pietropaolo won the Prix Italia in the category of best work for music for the program. The Signature Series started when the first post on CBC Music was posted on 18 May 2012. It was a preview of what was coming up in the weeks ahead. The first episode, G minor: The Contrarian, was posted online on 21 June 2012. == Episodes == Each episode is specific to a music key and a vocal narration by Pietropaolo discusses the personality traits of that key, with accompanying music written in that key, taken from music written over the centuries. Occasionally, pop songs may be featured, though this does not occur in every episode. Each episode begins with an ascending scale, and if the key is a minor key, the harmonic minor is played. At the end of each episode, a musical excerpt is played, while the names of the composers who wrote the music featured in the episode are mentioned. On SoundCloud, the pieces in each episode are timed such that when the piece changes, the pop-up comment identifies the piece being played, together with the composer who wrote the music. Each key has an image, with its name, its nickname, and a person (or animal, in the case of C minor) whose personality is representative of that key on it, except for C major, whose picture is that of the sky and the sea, with no people featured. Ben Didier of CBC music is the designer for the images. The Signature Series is divided into 2 seasons: Season 1 and Season 2. In Season 1, when each episode was published online at CBC Music, the information about each key consisted of the notes in that key (the harmonic minor scale is always mentioned, not the natural minor), its relative major or minor, the number of sharps or flats in its key signature, the key's other nicknames, a list of fictional and real life characters representative of the key, and a couple of quotes about the key. In Season 2, the information about each key is replaced by the key's main traits, biggest strength, potential weakness, likes, dislikes, preferred clothing, animal symbol and its most similar Zodiac signs (the list of people whose personalities match that of that particular key is included), as each key is personified and portrayed as a living person. 4 keys from Season 1 were reposted in Season 2, so they had the new format that the other 12 keys in Season 2 had. They are B minor, D major, G minor and F-sharp minor. The last episode, called C major: The Final Key, was released online on 22 October 2013. Instead of the normal information and personality traits, the online post on C major confirmed that each key had its own personality. It is also the only key whose gender is not made clear, with both male and female pronouns being used, while all the other keys are either male or female. On SoundCloud, there are sets to categorise the keys according to number of sharps or flats and their tonality (major and minor). They are The Sharp Majors, The Sharp Minors, The Flat Majors, The Flat Minors and No sharps, No flats. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Signature Series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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