CHANGING KEY IN A SONG.

Changing key is a great way to inject a bit of song energy. But it’s got to be done well, or it can just sound confusing.The key that you choose for your song has more to do with your (or your performer’s) vocal range than anything else. That original key choice is a whole topic that requires considerable thought. There’s a notion that you should choose a key that allows your voice to reach all melody notes easily. But good performers know that you sometimes want to sing in the highest range possible, even if it means straining to get those notes out. But that’s an entirely different topic. What we want to look at right now is how to change key in the middle of a song, and why you’d do it. Putting a key change within your song will usually dramatically alter song energy. Listeners get used to a key, and even though most of your audience doesn’t really know much about music, they know enough to know when chords belong, and when they don’t. In other words, most people can say that “something just happened” when a key changes, even though they can’t usually say what it was. So you can use that awareness to your advantage. Changing key can bring a song to life. In the coming post we will explain amazing tips on how to change key in a professional way.