Welcome to the section on Key
KEY
This section will help you better understand transposition (changing
the key of a song or melody)
So if you learn a song in say the key of C major, you'll
be able to transpose it to another key,
for example to the key of G major or D major.
Why is it important? Scroll on.......!
| First of all.... the most
important keys and their chords to learn as a guitarist are: C major, G major, D major, A major, E major. They are often referred to as the "guitaristic" keys. Thousands of songs are written for guitar in these keys. Each key contains 7 basic triad chords. So the key of A major has the following chords: A Bm C#m D E F#m G#dim A I IIm IIIm IV V IVm VIIdim |
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| We'll change a simple chord progression in A
major to the same progression in C major. They will "sound" the same but be in another key - C major. A song in A major that used the following chord progression: A / / / C#m / / / D / / / E / / / using Roman numerals would be shown: I / / / IIIm / / / IV / / / V / / / The key of C major has the following chords: C Dm Em F G Am Bdim C I IIm IIIm IV V VI VIIdim So the new progression in C major would be: I / / / IIIm / / / IV / / / V / / / C / / / Em / / / F / / / G / / / |
| For more information on this please go
to session six - session six |
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