Transposing
Transposing (or Transposition) is the process of changing a song or piece of music from one key to another.
There are two reasons for transposing into another key:
- If the song is too high or too low to sing, the song can be changed into a lower or higher key. Changing the key of a song does not change the sound, pattern or timing of the melody but simply changes how high or how low it is sung.
- If the song is hard to play or contains difficult chords you can transpose it to a key with easier chords. For example, if a song is written in the key of B flat (Bb) major (which many songs are) it would contain chords like Bb, Eb and Cm which may be difficult for a beginning guitarist. if the song is transposed into the key of G major the chords would then be G, C and Am, which are easier for a guitarist to play.