Timeline for Does it really make difference to play a song in a different key?
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| Jan 29, 2020 at 13:28 | comment | added | K.. | Do I understand this correctly: From a theoretical point of view, it doesn't matter if a song is written in C or D major, but most instruments have different practical requirements. If you make digital music, and the timbre is the same across all the notes, this "problem" is irelevant and you can write everything how you like it? | |
| Jan 26, 2015 at 11:57 | comment | added | Mr. Boy | Of course you can use a capo on a guitar and widen the number of keys where you can use each set of chord shapes but there are still limits because once you capo above 4th fret the sound changes (in a good way but still different). | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 16:18 | history | edited | KeithS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 21, 2011 at 7:25 | comment | added | Hubert Czerski | Guitar part so true. Those concerns are main purposes of transposing song key for guitar performance. Of "natural" keys for guitar You should add E and A on first place but G,D,C are good examples too | |
| Jul 21, 2011 at 1:00 | comment | added | Alexander | Great answer. Especially regarding the varying amounts of harmonic overtones which different notes produce on a given instrument. Personally, it's pretty much the main reason I end up choosing certain keys when composing music for a particular instrument. | |
| Jul 20, 2011 at 18:39 | history | answered | KeithS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |