Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Keys, Chords, and Transposition with Capo Usage.

Easiest Keys to Play your Instrument: still under construction.

Part One: Keys and Main Chords (with Diagrams) to those Keys.
Part Two: Using the Capo to Play in Any Key (with Diagrams).
Part Three: Key Signatures and their Equivalent Key Names (with Diagrams).

PART ONE
Key: Main Chords in that Key and Diagrams of how to hold the basic chord fingering.
Note: my playing style uses those notes plus fingerings in between the basic chord fingerings.
Key of G: G-C-D, (7th), (minor) Em.
Key of C: C-F-G, (7th) C7-G7, (minor) Am.
Key of D: D-A-G, (7th) D7, (minor).
Key of A: A, (7th), (minor).
Key of F: F-Bflat-, (7th), (minor).

PART TWO: Capo Usage (up to the fifth fret).

While playing the chords in the Key of G.
open/you are playing in the key of G.
capo on first fret/you are playing in the key of A-flat.
capo on second fret/you are playing in the key of A.
capo on third fret/you are playing in the key of B-flat.
capo on fourth fret/you are playing in the key of B.
capo on fifth fret/you are playing in the key of C (there is no C-flat).

While playing the chords in the Key of C.
open/you are playing in the key of C.
capo on first fret/you are playing in the key of D-flat.
capo on second fret/you are playing in the key of D.
capo on third fret/you are playing in the key of E-flat.
capo on fourth fret/you are playing in the key of E.
capo on fifth fret/you are playing in the key of F (there is no F-flat).

While playing the chords in the Key of D.
open/y ou are playing in the key of D.
capo on first fret/you are playing in the key of E-flat.
capo on second fret/you are playing in the key of E.
capo on third fret/you are playing in the key of F (there is no F-flat).
capo on fourth fret/you are playing in the key of G-flat.
capo on fifth fret/you are playing in the key of G.

While playing the chords in the Key of A.
open/you are playing in the key of A.
capo on first fret/you are playing in the key of B-flat.
capo on second fret/you are playing in the key of B.
capo on third fret/you are playing in the key of C (there is no C-flat).
capo on fo urth fret/you are playing in the key of D-flat.
capo on fifth fret/you are playing in the key of D.

While playing the Chords in the Key of F.
open/you are playing in the key of F.
capo on first fret/you are playing in the key of G-flat.
capo on the second fret/you are playing in the key of G.
capo on the third fret/you are playing in the key of A-flat.
capo on the fourth fret/you are playing in the key of A.
capo on the fifth fret/you are playing in the key of B-flat.

PART THREE: Key Signatures and their Equivalent Key Names.

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Key of G
signature below, the key of G has one sharp.





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Key of A-flat
Signature below, the key of A-flat has - flats.

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Key of A
Signature below, the key of A has three sharps.

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Key of B-flat
Signature below, the key of B-flat has - flats.


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Key of B
Signature below, the key of B has five sharps.
Also key of C-flat.

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Key of C
Signature below, the key of C has no flats or sharps.
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Key of 
D-flat
Signature below, the key of D-flat has five flats.
Also key of C-sharp.

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Key of D
Signature below, the key of D has two sharps.

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Key of E-flat
Signature below, the key of E-flat has three flats.

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Key of E
Signature below, the key of E has four sharps.

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Key of F
Signature below, the key of F has one flat.


Key of G-flat
Signature below, the key of G-flat has six flats.
Also the key of F-sharp.