The right key, or the comfortable key?
As someone who has recently decided to have a go at singing from time to time, I try to play in keys that are within the range of my voice. Example: The Beatles recorded It's Only Love in C. This is...
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There's nothing worse for the listener than to have to sit through someone singing a song in the wrong key for their voice, just because 35 years ago they learned it off a record, and that's how the...
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The comfortable key is the right key - that is why God let us invent transposition... DaveAin't it funny...how time slips away.....(Willie Nelson)
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And why God created Capos........ Dennis 1973 Martin D-28 (the wooden love of my life)2006 Martin OM-28V (my beautiful, young mistress)
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If I've done anything right while learning to play guitar, it's learning the most common chord shapes and scales in the five most common keys for guitar songs: C, G, D, E, and A, as well as the most...
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What I need is a good, polite one-liner for when the jam puts out the peer pressure to change keys on my song choice.I'm usually really nice about saying "No" to the first request, but if someone...
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Quote:IMHO, the coolest covers are the ones that put a whole nuther take on a tune, or a tune that you adapt to your style...My feelings exactly!
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two examples of covers I really like....Beppe Gambetta did a great cover of Norman Blake's Church St. Blues that was totally different than Norman'sPeter Rowan did Guy Clark's Dublin Blues, a nice...
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For years we've just told our singers "find agear that's comfortable, and let out the clutch";we'll follow. This is silly guys. Just sing your songsin any key you wish (that you can play).RonC.O.F.S.
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Quote:I sure don't like singing outside my range, and really don't like being told what key to sing in, and really really don't like having to explain all this during a jam!It was noted by Mfan that...
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Another vote to sing in a comfortable key.My own voice is a high tenor, which makes me sing most songs in a higher key than recorded by the original artist - for example, I can comfortably sing...
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Benignus, with all respect for folks who might be your friends, it sounds like a quality-of-jam issue. I don't know where you live, but are there other jams to place yourself into? Craigslist might be...
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I am definitely in the comfortable key camp but sometimes this can cause problems. I have a very limited range when singing along to the guitar. It is strange that when I sing along to records in the...
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There is only one correct key. But there are many locks.Ah..so...Well, if its not in D or E minor, I'm just not interested. Sorry, but life is too short to be mucking about with "keys". Modulate...
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The right key and the comfortable key are one and the same!The exception is if you're doing for example one of Bill Monroe's high lonesome numbers, where if you want to pay homage to his singing you...
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Granted, some songs "lay" better in certain keys for the musicians, but playing in an awkward key does not impose risk on your fingers. I've seen several singers put themselves out of work for a month...
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Quote:When I do this in a group, the reaction is often "that's not the original key; I only know it in the original key."Sorry, David. Total Guitar Fraud Club - Friends Of Dave Chapter
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Frank Sinatra changed the keys of many of his songs as he aged. If he can do it....Total Guitar Fraud Club - Friends Of Dave Chapter
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Quote:Sorry, David. Actually, you weren't the inspiration for of my question. I just used the "It's Only Love" example because it's a well-known song. -------------DavidMaking a record is like...
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It depends what you want to get across. I don't usually care what key the song was written in. I can sing a song in the key of A very easily, but I can sing the same song in the key of D as well, but...
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