Someone who wants to use chords, but hasn't the ability to choose chords that are at least adequate to fit a given melody, probably also wouldn't know how to transpose to the corresponding chords for a different key if the original key is unsuited to their voice.

Strangely enough, I can transpose, but I have an odd quirk: I took piano for around a year when I was young, and to this day when I transpose guitar chords, I have to actually have a mental picture of a piano keyboard in my mind's eye. Yep - white keys and black keys. It works for me.

I will also admit that I have occasionally used websites that will automatically transpose for you (like Logue).

It's just that sometimes a song is a little too complicated musically for me to get that first "foot in the door" and do a halfway decent job of figuring out the chords. Just because I can hear a song in my head (or on a record) doesn't mean I will always be able to successfully nail down the chords. I'll keep trying, to be sure, but I'm really grateful to some of the folks here on Mudcat for their help and expertise.


Jay