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That's only if the tonic is G. I play tunes all the time with one sharp, but a tonic of D. (ie D mixolydian.)

• icarus_drowning 14y ago
  Sure, but I'd argue that's because the key signature is wrong. The correct way to notate that is with either a modal key signature a la Bartok or notate it as D with a constant natural on the C, showing that the tonal center is D while clearly notating the departure from the traditional major scale.
  • rquantz 14y ago
    Spoken like a true musicologist.
  • colomon 14y ago
    By this standard probably something like 30% of the music ever written has the wrong key signature -- and I've never seen a piece of non-major music with a correctly notated key signature!