what does it mean when a song or lick is in a key of a note? how do we transpose that to the guitar?
I see why i suck at guitar now.What he said, and as the transposing, so the song originally was in the key of G, and the chord progression was something like: G-C-D, then transposing it to the key of C would be C-F-G.
Easiest way to look at it, is the look at the original key of the song G, and its chord progression G-C-D, and understand that as the intervals of the song. I-IV-V, which is G being the root is I, and C and D are the 4th and 5th intervals in the G major scale so they are the IV and the V. So when going to another key, if you use the intervals to understand the chord structure, then its easy to what the transposed chords are. C-F-G, are the I (root), IV and V of the key of C.
I hope that helps. Working with a group that use the Nashville numbering system and understanding that has gone along way to help me. Especially since we transpose alot of the songs to different keys to make them more singable.
Muf
Actually, most of the useless jargon is contained in your post.the truth is most of was posted is useless jargon
by the rules....
a set of tones is said to be in the key of X if the phrase begins on that note.
unless notated other wise on the sheet music..
theroy is the relationship of the succeeding note to the root or beginning note.
called the key
musicians use lots of jargon to make up for the fact that the song they just wrote sounds like crap
cp
This is not true - you could start a 'set of tones' on any note you like.a set of tones is said to be in the key of X if the phrase begins on that note.
I'm not even sure what you mean by this so you need to be clearer when making your point, if you are going to call other peoples' responses 'jargon'.theroy is the relationship of the succeeding note to the root or beginning note.
called the key
Complete and utter bullsh!t, I'm sorry.a set of tones is said to be in the key of X if the phrase begins on that note.
Thank you.It only means C is the tonal centre with a major tonality guys