As BBC News' sealed basement project continues (more money on look and feel), suggestions of a more subtle change in presentation are reaching tradingaswdr HQ.
Readers with exceptional ears say the BBC News channel's countdown music has been modulated, up around a quarter tone, from where it starts in B flat towards B.
The theme also mixes major and minor: here's a quick 18th century 'guide' to some of the emotional issues involved.
Bb major - Cheerful love, clear conscience, hope and aspiration for a better world.
Bb minor - A quaint creature, often dressed in the garment of night. It is somewhat surly and very seldom takes on a pleasant countenance. Mocking God and the world; discontented with itself and with everything; preparation for suicide sounds in this key.
B major - Strongly coloured, announcing wild passions, composed from the most glaring colours. Anger, rage, jealousy, fury, despair and every burden of the heart lies in its sphere.
B minor - This is as it were the key of patience, of calm awaiting one's fate and of submission to divine dispensation.
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