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Same song, new key
One more look at what you missed.
The same tune, from C and from G.
The second one is higher, and it is still the same tune.
No sound? Check your volume, and that your phone is not on silent.
Moving a tune to a new key is transposing.
Every note moves by the same distance, so the steps between the notes stay the same.
Listen. Is this the same tune, moved to F?
To transpose, move every note by the same number of semitones.
From C to D is two semitones up. So G moves to A, and A moves to B.
Play C C G G A A G, then start on D.
From D it is D, D, A, A, B, B, A. Same tune, a whole step higher.
It starts C, C, G. Moved to D, how does it start?
Move only some notes, and the tune bends.
Each step between two notes has to keep its size.
Listen. Is this the tune, moved to G?
You know what transposing is.
What you learned
- Transposing moves a whole tune to a new key.
- Every note moves by the same distance, so the tune stays the same.
- Move only some notes and the steps change, and so does the tune.
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