keys?

[beandip]

Alright, I wrote a song, but it's not fitting my voice, so I figured I need to drop it down a step. I need to know what the new chords are.

D-
B#m-
Em-
A-
G-
C-

thanks for the help.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: keys?

Alright, I wrote a song, but it's not fitting my voice, so I figured I need to drop it down a step. I need to know what the new chords are.

D-C
B#m-Bbm
Em-Dm
A-G
G-F
C-Bb

thanks for the help.

good luck
BTW...B#m would be Cm

 

[Quencho092]

Re: keys?

you could either drop the song a step or raise it. You could sing a higher key but at a lower octave and it'll be easier for your voice. Move all of those up half a step too and have it a go.

 

[Jag513]

Re: keys?

you could either drop the song a step or raise it. You could sing a higher key but at a lower octave and it'll be easier for your voice. Move all of those up half a step too and have it a go.

What he said. Going this route would actually be easier, since you could just stick a capo on the first fret (or second if you feel like experimenting with keys) and play all the same fingerings.

 

[Hoss]

Re: keys?

yeah...time to break out the capo and just start experimenting!?

btw...i started writing a song last night too...hehe...capo on third fret

 

[beandip]

Re: keys?

Actually, I figured it out. I just cant sing the song

 

[MikeRocker]

Re: keys?

Alright, I wrote a song, but it's not fitting my voice, so I figured I need to drop it down a step. I need to know what the new chords are.

D-
B#m-
Em-
A-
G-
C-

thanks for the help.

C/Bbm/Dm/G/F/Bb
There is no such thing as B#. When you put a "-" after chords, it means minor.

 

[drp555]

Re: keys?

C/Bbm/Dm/G/F/Bb
There is no such thing as B#. When you put a "-" after chords, it means minor.

I wouldn't say there's no such thing as B#...it's just an enharmonic of C... for instance, in the key of C# major, with 7 sharps, there is a B#..., there is also a E# which is the same as F.... C#, D#, E#, F#, G#, A#, B#.....

 

[beandip]

Re: keys?

actually, I messed up, it's not supposed to be B sharp. It's supposed to be a regular B. And like I said, oh well, I cant sing the damn song anyway.

 

[MikeRocker]

Re: keys?

I wouldn't say there's no such thing as B#...it's just an enharmonic of C... for instance, in the key of C# major, with 7 sharps, there is a B#..., there is also a E# which is the same as F.... C#, D#, E#, F#, G#, A#, B#.....

OK, technically you can call C B#, but by the same token D# is slightly higher than Eb....in the real world, dealing with musicians, you're better off simplifying, not going into deep music theory. If you are calling out chords to musicians and say B# minor, they're gonna think you don't know what you're talking about. And technically, you could use the key of C#, but practically, you're better served to use the key of Db. Along the lines of B#, you could call a C chord a Dbb or an F a D###, but why make it hard on yourself? And in the original series of chords he spelled out he had a C. You generally would not have a C and a B# in the same chord series. Why spell a chord B#-D#-F## when you can spell it C-Eb-G?

 

[MikeRocker]

Re: keys?

actually, I messed up, it's not supposed to be B sharp. It's supposed to be a regular B. And like I said, oh well, I cant sing the damn song anyway.

Well then, Bm down a step is Am. Kind of makes the previous 2 posts moot. :laugh2:

 

[drp555]

Re: keys?

OK, technically you can call C B#, but by the same token D# is slightly higher than Eb....in the real world, dealing with musicians, you're better off simplifying, not going into deep music theory. If you are calling out chords to musicians and say B# minor, they're gonna think you don't know what you're talking about. And technically, you could use the key of C#, but practically, you're better served to use the key of Db. Along the lines of B#, you could call a C chord a Dbb or an F a D###, but why make it hard on yourself? And in the original series of chords he spelled out he had a C. You generally would not have a C and a B# in the same chord series. Why spell a chord B#-D#-F## when you can spell it C-Eb-G?

I agree that for everyday purposes using B#, Cb, Fb etc. is kinda ridiculuous...I was just saying that B# does exist.... .I used to play sax in some concert bands, and when reading music for classical stuff like that I saw B#s and E#s and double sharps and double flats pop up all the time in the music....I don't think I've ever seen them in any guitar playing situation I've been in though

edit: I just saw , it wasn't even B# anyway...oh well

 

[Quencho092]

Re: keys?

Can you match pitches within your range right now? I'm trying to start singing and a good practice routine is to play single notes and sing the notes, see if you can match them. If you have the ear, you can sure as hell sing. you just need to expand range. If you cant nail the pitches, your ear for singing is bad and it's worse than you thought, but being a player you can probably do it easily.

If you have a piano find the lowest and highest notes you can reach clearly. Then work your way up and down this range and try to sing one note higher and lower than your limits. Work on this every day and your voice will clear up for more frequencies and you'll be singing in key for lots more songs.