How to Transpose
Transposing (or transposition) means changing the key of a piece of music. By using the system of roman numerals it is very easy to transpose a chord progression from one key to another. The same system is also useful for communicating progressions and parts to other musicians.
The following example shows a simple keyboard part in the key of C, based on the chords C. F and G. This progression can be described as I IV V.
To transpose the previous part to the key of G, you need to know chords I IV V in that key (G, C and D). Here is the same part transposed to the key of G.
Class Sessions
1- Basic Chords, Rhythms and Sounds
2- Alternating Octaves
3- Blues Scales in E
4- The Blues Scale
5- The Minor Pentatonic Scale
6- Minor Keys
7- Using Ties
8- How to Transpose
9- Chord Construction
10- Scale Tone Chords
11- More New Chords
12- Turnaround Progressions
13- Combining Major and Minor Chords
14- Minor Chords
15- New Chords and Keys, Transposing, Pentatonic and Blues Scale Riffs
16- Using Keyboard Voices
17- INTRODUCTION
18- The Major Chord
19- Creating a Part
20- The 12 Bar Blues
21- Chord Inversions
22- Eighth Note Rhythms
23- A Major Scale
24- The C Major Chord
25- New Chords in the Key of G
26- Slash Chords
27- Intervals
28- Riffs
29- D Minor Chord Inversions
30- C Major Chord Inversions
31- The Chromatic Scale
32- A Minor Chord Inversions
33- E Minor Chord Inversions
34- D Major Chord Inversions
35- Chord Diagrams
36- G Major Chord Inversions
37- B Diminished Chord Inversions
38- Interval Names
39- B Minor Chord Inversions
40- The G Major Chord
41- F Major Chord Inversions
42- F<span class="symbolA">#</span> Diminished Chord Inversions
43- The F Major Chord