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!