So you put a capo on your guitar, say the third fret, and you start playing a song using a D chord. What are you playing? Most guitarists will say “D.” And that’s the start of a lot of confusion. In reality, when we place the capo on the third fret (as in this example) […]
Okay, so we’ve made it clear that the starting and ending chords, while good indicators of the key to a song (particularly if the starting and ending chord are the same), are certainly not infallible. What else can help us figure out what key a song is in? Sometimes it’s the use of a chord […]
Okay, since we’re talking about playing songs with other people, I couldn’t have asked for a better question to use first! Here we go: Hello David; I have a question for you – how can you tell what key a song is in? I thought that it was in the key of the first note […]