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Paul Higgins

 

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Post  Posted 24 Apr 2024 5:28 pm    
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Hi Everyone..I hope im in the right place to put this post
How hard is it to alter the key which a song is written
Say the tab is written in key F and and you wanted in in key G
How hard is it to do....The reason I ask is experienced steel guitar players have backing tracks for sale .. say key F and the tab you got is in key of G
I know there is software out there that can alter the backing track from one key to and other..but what about the tabs? This might be a silly question to ask
Paul
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Tucker Jackson

 

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Portland, Oregon, USA
Post  Posted 25 Apr 2024 8:29 am    
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If the tab were written in F but the backing track plays in G, you need to adjust the tab to be one step higher (two frets). Just take every fret number on the tab and add 2 to it.

Or if it's the other way around -- written in G, but song plays in F -- you would subtract 2 from every number on the tab to transpose it from G down to F.
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Paul Higgins

 

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Post  Posted 26 Apr 2024 6:56 am    
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Hi Tucker
you make it sound simple
Paul
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Paul Higgins

 

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Post  Posted 26 Apr 2024 8:37 am    
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As I have said you make it sounds so simple
How to you know what key it is written in ? if it dosent tell you
Paul
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Frank Freniere


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The First Coast
Post  Posted 26 Apr 2024 8:48 am    
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An imperfect solution but you could load the tracks into free software like Audacity, for example, and change the pitch to match the tab.
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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 26 Apr 2024 8:49 am    
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It is fairly simple unless you want to lower the key sometimes.
Say you're playing in the key of F and you're using the first position on the 1st fret.
If you want to lower the key you'll have to do some rearranging.
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