Whats your easiest key?

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Whats your easiest key?

Unread post by Pickles » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:49 pm

i was curious to see if it was the same for everyone or not.. i guess it depends what you play in the most...

my easiest is E... just a little bit easier than G.

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Unread post by Tranman66 » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:53 pm

i love D, D and A i must say
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Unread post by i am sam2 » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:53 pm

what do you mean easiest?
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Unread post by Tranman66 » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:54 pm

the key you're most comfortable to play/improvise in. Let's keep this in standard tunning.
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Unread post by dmbguitar718 » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:04 pm

Em.
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Unread post by Swe dmbfan » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:18 pm

Em
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Unread post by DMBFan63 » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:59 pm

Em..or C because in C everything is natural :P
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Unread post by a1075dd63aa12 » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:37 am

C is definitely the easiest
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Unread post by Dancing Ants » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:57 am

lately E. I love it...I wrote...2 songs in E last night...plus one in G that i've been working on sine Juneish.
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Unread post by gumbomadness » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:16 am

I would say... D (my first improv song was LIOG)...
E major....and.... G. (in that order)
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Re: Whats your easiest key?

Unread post by jkanter » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:33 am

shane wrote:i was curious to see if it was the same for everyone or not.. i guess it depends what you play in the most...

my easiest is E... just a little bit easier than G.

im bored.
C.....easiest key possible because every note in it is a regular note....no sharps. C->F->G progression...pretty standard and used soooo much.

It's also the one key I can solo in w/o even paying attention. When I took lessons for like 3 weeks....the guy had me goign through and picking out each notes name....and had me stick w/ the non-sharps to start.

Through that, I pretty much just got all those notes down and can solo in that key. Now, if I pay attention then I can move that pattern around and solo in other keys...I just need to get my bearing on where I am on the frets as opposed to just going all out.
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Re: Whats your easiest key?

Unread post by Pickles » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:58 am

jkanter wrote:
shane wrote:i was curious to see if it was the same for everyone or not.. i guess it depends what you play in the most...

my easiest is E... just a little bit easier than G.

im bored.
C.....easiest key possible because every note in it is a regular note....no sharps. C->F->G progression...pretty standard and used soooo much.

It's also the one key I can solo in w/o even paying attention. When I took lessons for like 3 weeks....the guy had me goign through and picking out each notes name....and had me stick w/ the non-sharps to start.

Through that, I pretty much just got all those notes down and can solo in that key. Now, if I pay attention then I can move that pattern around and solo in other keys...I just need to get my bearing on where I am on the frets as opposed to just going all out.
heh, theoretically C is the easiest. i just dont use it much.
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Unread post by sunglassesatnight » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:15 pm

I love Eb.
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Unread post by You_Enjoy_Myself » Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:06 pm

D and E
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Unread post by MWR » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:01 pm

All of your standard guitar keys i.e. D, F, E, A, G. Ironically I'm the least comfortable in C. Image
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