COMMON KEY'S

[willem]

QUESTION!!!!????

What are the most common key's where guitars/songs are written in??????

[AndyT]

I would say,
G, C, E, A, B

[willem]

AndyT wrote:

I would say,
G, C, E, A, B

and Am and F i presume, so when we practise these scales we come along???

[mark]

I would say the most common are

C G A E D and Am

I don't know any songs in B or F (as far as I know)

[willem]

mark wrote:

I would say the most common are

C G A E D and Am

I don't know any songs in B or F (as far as I know)

MAYBE songboeks are a little confusing and the music transposed if they are not the original,,,thanks Mark... Am is the same as C ????

[AndyT]

I know many songs in B. Can not play them yet, but there are quite a few. Very rare is a song in F for me.
Never saw a song in a minor that I know of...

[mark]

willem wrote:

Am is the same as C ????

Yes and No
The keys of Am and C contain the same notes. The difference is which chord (Am or C) the song centres around. In other words which chord is the tonal centre.
This chord would normally be the first and last chord of the song.

So for Am there is classical gas or Is there anybody out there
and for C there is streets of london or Don't think twice

[Yamaha48]

Hello Mark.

B-C#-E. Then you have the tune,Don t worry be happy.

Greetz Anton

[BigBear]

AndyT wrote:

I would say,
G, C, E, A, B

With very heavy emphasis on the first two, especially for folk and rock. :cheer:

[rcsnydley]

My vote goes for C, A, G, E, D, Am, Em there are of course others but these are probably the most widely used especially for guitar. These 7 keys are used in literally used in millions of songs.

The thing to remember also is that even though a song is in a particular key doesn't mean it it can't or won't borrow chords for other keys (parallel minor, parallel major or nearby keys). It also doesn't mean it has to or will stay in the key it started in, but that's a different story.

Ric