Transpose melodies on the fly

[Suzanna]

Hi Vadim, Do you want to learn melodies or, do you want to play songs in other keys? It is not clear. If you learn a lot of tunes, you will learn many melodies. Any standard can be transposed to another key. If you want, you can learn 1 standard by heart and play it in 2 different keys. That will give you chord mastery.

[Brenden Lowe]

Great questions Vadim! I always found it helpful to analyze the progressions of the chords and think by numbers. For example if the tune starts out 2-5-1-6, then I know I just have to play a 2-5-1-6 in another key. I try to do the same thing for melodies. Figure out how the notes relate to the chords by numbers. So if the melody outlines the chord 1-3-5-7 then I can just play that same sequence of notes in another key. It is quite difficult to get the hang of and even I have to practice quite a bit to do this! Hope this helps!

[Vadim]

Hi Suzanna, hi Brendon, <div>

thank you for the replies!

Yes exactly it was for transposing tunes, and i practice chords accomp in different keys, with the Melodie of tunes.

I try it with the number in keys but sometimes i was not sure if there are other technics or tricks to help if the melody gets out of the key vor the tune changes the key ….

Thank you!

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[Brenden Lowe]

My pleasure! Keep me posted on how it goes!

[Thomas WOLLERSEN]

The ideal way of doing this would be that you develop such a strong link between what you hear in your head and what your body does to make it happen without any conscious thinking at all.

The way to develop this would be playing a lot by ear. This is easier said than done. It could turn out that one does not know the music well enough to start with. This process is particularly odd for a good reader. On top of that, there are apps that transpose a lead sheet with a simple push of a button.