LesBonfire Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Curious about what key most of you guys end up playing in while jammin blues/rock? Do you usually stick to one? Do you play what the singer can handle with his voice? Do you vary from Eb to B, A etc...? I wanna keep an open mind with my playing so I don't wanna sound the same everytime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Well when I'm just improvisin' I'll usually stick with D or G. Nothin too fancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacookster Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Myself, I'm lame. I tend to roll with A, E and D. But I'll flex thru the modes in those keys, if that means anything. For a nice refresher, play some jazz standards. Gets you playing in flat keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 F# baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacookster Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 side note------anyone that uses a CAPO has ZERO respect from me. We did a 'acoustic idol' contest a few months ago, and the guy that went after us uses the line 'okay this song is in the key of....um....ah.......5!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 /chuckle. Key? What a novel concept.... I simply must look into this "key" thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Cb is the shnizzle for blues sizzle. (Actually find most blues tunes I do are in E or A. However, I tune down a half step. I'm fond of B for improvising - which is Bb since I'm tuned down. For slide I tune to open Eb so I like that key a lot obviously if that guitar is in my hands). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Like a bunch of losers in a guitar forum know anything about success....... Bwahahahahahahahaha..... O:)/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Like a bunch of losers in a guitar forum know anything about success....... Bwahahahahahahahaha..... ](*' date=')/ [/quote'] /chuckle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Blues keys are very dependent on the accompanyment. A guitar band will generally stick to E,A,D. Add a sax player and those keys become F,Bb,C. Horn and piano players like Eb for some reason. A harmonica player will want to play in whatever keys he has harps in, or whatever harps don't have the reeds all stuck together with stale beer. The style of blues will also dictate the key. Shuffle type blues will be in the "guitar" keys for use of the open strings. Swing and jump blues, which are much more jazz oriented, will generally be in the horn keys, for as in jazz, you don't want to have to play any open strings. As for success, generally everything Albert King ever played was in the same key, same for John Lee Hooker. So who's to say, I'm the one writing on the guitar forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Successful Blues Player??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesBonfire Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Thanks for the input guys...another thing....do you mix in any other scales in with each other..ie...G major with the E minor? Or even E minor with B? Sorry if I seem basic!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 When playing blues I just shut down my mind and play whatever my heart tells my fingers to, so I have no idea what it is I have played after I've played it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I play atonally with everything. I'm probably not the right person to ask about this sort of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 side note------anyone that uses a CAPO has ZERO respect from me. We did a 'acoustic idol' contest a few months ago' date=' and the guy that went after us uses the line 'okay this song is in the key of....um....ah.......5!' [/quote'] riiiiiiiiiiiiight [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihvvf1R_vWo[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 side note------anyone that uses a CAPO has ZERO respect from me. We did a 'acoustic idol' contest a few months ago' date=' and the guy that went after us uses the line 'okay this song is in the key of....um....ah.......5!' [/quote'] I wish I'd known that before I got my capo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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