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In many languages, major/minor is called "hard/soft" as in dur, moll, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_signature_names_and_translations. Thus a german speaker couldn't talk about a soft major scale without causing confusion. I think the solution is to find another metaphor for use in these languages only, perhaps angular/rounded. Are there native speakers among us with some suggestions? [[User:TallKite|TallKite]] ([[User talk:TallKite|talk]]) 00:30, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

: ~~In German you can say ''hart'' and ''weich''. ''Dur'' and ''Moll'' are only used for major and minor keys. According to the Wikipedia page all the Romance languages use variants~~ of ~~''major'' and ''minor'' for major and minor keys so there's no risk of confusion with native Romance words for~~ hard ~~and soft.~~ [[User:~~Inthar~~|~~Inthar~~]] ([[User talk:~~Inthar~~|talk]]) 00:58, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

: I suggested mellow/sparkly in place of soft/hard some time ago, maybe that would be better? --[[User:Godtone|Godtone]] ([[User talk:Godtone|talk]]) 04:17, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

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 In many languages, major/minor is called "hard/soft" as in dur, moll, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_signature_names_and_translations. Thus a german speaker couldn't talk about a soft major scale without causing confusion. I think the solution is to find another metaphor for use in these languages only, perhaps angular/rounded. Are there native speakers among us with some suggestions? [[User:TallKite|TallKite]] ([[User talk:TallKite|talk]]) 00:30, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
-: In German you can say ''hart'' and ''weich''. ''Dur'' and ''Moll'' are only used for major and minor keys. According to the Wikipedia page all the Romance languages use variants of ''major'' and ''minor'' for major and minor keys so there's no risk of confusion with native Romance words for hard and soft. [[User:Inthar|Inthar]] ([[User talk:Inthar|talk]]) 00:58, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
+: I suggested mellow/sparkly in place of soft/hard some time ago, maybe that would be better? --[[User:Godtone|Godtone]] ([[User talk:Godtone|talk]]) 04:17, 19 August 2022 (UTC)