What "For Elise" Would Sound Like in a Major Key

What if Beethoven's popular piece "For Elise" was in a major key instead of minor? For those who don't know the difference between major and minor, it's really simple: major has a "happy" sound and minor has a "sad" sound.
There are a some rules I'd like to point out about musical form. (this is for the music nerds)..FOR ALL NON-MUSIC NERDS SKIP TO THE SECOND TO LAST SENTENCE TO GET THE POINT.
If a piece were to begin in a minor key, then it is traditional to move to it's relative major. This song is no exception. Beethoven starts in A minor then moves to C major at 00:20. If a piece began in a major key already then it's "supposed" to move to a closely related key. This would mean, based on his sonatas and tradition, that it would move to the right of the circle of fifths (or in other words to a key that had one extra sharp). Here's the importance of this: based on probability, if Beethoven decided to begin For Elise in A Major then he would've moved to E major like I did 00:45 and would probably sound almost identical.
And there you have it.
You just traveled to a different time dimension on that off-chance that Beethoven wrote this for A Major. High five! Snail!

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[thenoiboi]

there quite literally is a big difference.

[eloprocks97]

there was a MAJOR difference between the two XD

[Drakenvlieg]

Actually Beethoven named it "Für Therèse", after the woman he secretly loved. But the publisher couldn't read his poor handwriting and thought it said "Elise"

[andrethedrummer1234]

even easier, just play the minor version over top of the major version and wait for everyone to cringe. then you know there's a difference between them

[Andrei Marculescu]

taci ca mananci cacat

[subkontrabasklarinet]

I recommend playing Für Elise in a major key in concert without notifying anybody. Then watch their faces. Priceless! (Or wait, most of them wouldn't even notice...)

[esmod89]

it's called Für Elise

[Perprocrastinate]

You are a good troll. Kudos.

[Zena Wolf]

thank you cracked :D