I rarely experience the near silence of still, late nights in remote areas like the Northern shore of Lake Superior. The quiet was amplified (is that an oxymoron?) by a two inch layer of fresh snow that seemed to absorb the outdoor ambience. The lake was as still as I’ve ever seen it. The combination of these factors made it possible to actually hear the snow falling. You can identify the sound of the snow falling as a high frequency crackling as the flakes touched down on my surroundings. The large wet flakes sound similar to rain. There’s also an irregular, low frequency thumping sound that might be plates of ice gently bumping into each other on the lake.
Snow Falling
I have recently added keyboard controls to dynamically set the transposition in my Gestural Music Sequencer. I set it up like a piano keyboard, so that “Q” is the key of C, “2” is C sharp and so on. In this example I have the application set to to play a minor pentatonic scale. This makes it quite clear when the key changes. In this case I’m modulating between C and F sharp. I also started with a slower note duration, then switched to a faster one. I would not classify this as a very musical performance. This was part of a test to make sure that all of the transposition key controls were operating properly. 
As I mentioned before I have GMS setup to produce specific scales. At this stage they are all based on the key of C. Eventually I’ll set up the application so that the key and scale are dynamically adjustable. I will also include a wider variety of scales, including all the modes, diminished, whole tone, and more. 
The intervals in a major scale are really the same as a minor scale. What’s different is the starting point. All the pitches in a major scale are the same as its relative minor, which is down a minor third. So the difference between a melody in a minor key and a major one is the root note. The same melody can be minor or major depending on the perspective of the listener. The last pattern I posted is only in a minor key if you consider C the root. If you consider E flat the root, then the melody is in a major key with C being its relative minor. In this case, the pattern is in C major, so if you listen with an A (the relative minor of C) in mind you’ll hear it in a minor scale.