COMPETE OFF TOPIC POST

Regents Park Road NW1? I used to live there for a blissful period in the 70's before it was trendy. People used to go to Hampstead or Camden and carefully skirt round our haven of peace...

If I'd known then what I know now I could have walked down the road to Cecil's, burnt me geetar, stuck my finger firmly into another orifice and been into 'real folk' music.

By the way - was marc bolan a folk musician before he became TRex when he used to play an acoustic?

Sorry - way off track... where's that other beer?

ON TOPIC BIT

Half a semitone for a singer DOES matter and sometimes G# is right and G and A aren't as good even if you can do them. Pitch of a song for a singer often makes the difference to how it sounds. In a session it matters not a jot of course because it's about the players and they can only play in certain keys!

How can guitarists grumble - capos are acceptable aren't they?

F is a great key to play in on a guitar though with or without a capo. Bminor is a pleasure. B is a poor key for everyone - name a good instument to play in B (apart from a B whistle if there is such). G# is poor. F# has positives on keyboard instrument and guitars etc etc