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09/11/2020 1:58 pm
Originally Posted by: Philip Charles

For instance, if a song in the key of B an has an intro as follows:

B/ E/B/ E

A#m / E / B /E

Verse:

F#/ G#m/ F# / G#m

E / G#m / E / G#m

After transposing to F (by 6 half steps)

Intro:

F/ A#m/ F/A#m

E /A#m/ F / A#m

Verse :

C/ D/C/D

A#m/ D/ A#m/ D

Good job on the musical alphabet letters! As Herman mentioned any major chord stays major, minor chords stay minor.

So this:

Intro

B/ E/B/ E

A#m / E / B /E

Shoud be this:

Intro:

F/ A#/ F/A#

Em /A#/ F / A#

And this:

Verse:

F#/ G#m/ F# / G#m

E / G#m / E / G#m

Should be this:

C/ Dm/C/Dm

A#/ Dm/ A#/ Dm

So that's the only mistake. Hope that helps!


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