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Guitar chord forum - chordie → About Chordie → Developing a KEY Indicator Window
Roger... I'm not a trained musician, so it's a mystery to me to know what key I'm in when I play a particular set of chords. When I transpose chords to play a song in my voice range or, to simplify the chord set to match my ability, is there an indicator to show me what key I've changed to? A function like this would be a nice learning tool for people, like me, who have no formal music training. - Whatsuptut
Hi Whatsuptut and welcome,
As a general rule of thumb whatever chord the piece starts and finishes on is usually the key.
The chords you play will also indicate the key to you.
The key of C will generaly contain: C, Am, F & G with possibly Dm & Em.
D : D, Bm, G & A Em & F#m.
E : E, C#m, A & B F#m & G#m.
F : F, Dm, Bb & C G#m & Am.
G : D Em, C & D Am & Bm.
A : A, F#m, D & E Bm & C#m.
B : B, G#m, E & F# C#m & D#m.
When singing a song the musicians must always play in the key to suit the singer. A singer cannot alter the range of his/her voice but instruments can easily be played in a different key. So always play in the key that suits your voice and use a capo if you have not the ability to play the chords of the key required.
I hope that helps.
Roger
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/
A cool site to see chords and how they lay across your guitar neck.
Thanks, Roger. Your answer is just what I needed. I appreciate the link, too, Tubatooter; very neat! I know I'll have more Q's down the road.
Whatsuptut
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