From satturnsc2@yahoo.com Tue Dec 04 05:35:24 2012
Subject:Re: 30 yr old Korg BX3 question

Been there done that! I'll use the transposer in a pinch like that, particularly during a practice, but I always re-learn the piece in the new key before gigs. IMO dropping the song a step or half step may change the sound of the instrumentals a bit but it is WAY better than having your vocalist sound horrible trying to reach notes on a particular song or two that they can't hit! Bands with bad sounding vocals don't get too far as 99.9% of the audience won't notice a change in key with the instruments but they sure can tell if the vocalist is off.

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From: Simon Beck
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Re: 30 yr old Korg BX3 question


 
My own keyboard technique (I'm completely self-taught) uses a lot of blues/funk-influenced semitone slides, and of course those can only be easily accomplished when moving from a black to a white key. So the key of a piece of music will affect the technique which can be used, which in turn will affect the sound of the piece, or in extreme cases make it all but unplayable!

For years I have played "Green Onions" in E, and then one evening I was depping with a Blues Brothers tribute band, and they unexpectedly sprung Green Onions on me - in the key of F! Luckily I can transpose on the fly, but my fingering was all over the place, so next time I played with them I decided to use my keyboard's transposer. Great, except I forgot to reset it afterwards (I think I've told that story before!).

Simon

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