Say you pick a key and play the notes 1-4-5, one after the other. Of course, the bags represent the keys of the song, and the marbles represent the notes in each key. Here you can see your 12 marble bags, each on their own step, each with the same seven marbles. Let’s look at our 12 bags of marbles another way. Think of your bag of marbles getting higher in pitch with each step up the stairs. The only thing that changes – going higher and higher with each step – is the elevation of you and your bag.Įlevation is like pitch. No matter what step you’re on, the marbles in the bag do not change. Now imagine you’re walking upstairs while holding a bag of marbles. If you turn around and walk down the stairs, your elevation gets lower. As you walk up the stairs, your elevation gets higher. If the seven notes in every key create the same seven feelings, why do we need different keys? Use the Musical Keys to Move an Entire Song Up or Down in Pitchīy now you know that within any key, there are 7 feelings – a different mood created by each of the seven notes.ĭifferent musical keys are used to move these seven feelings – collectively, in one package – up or down in pitch. Now you know there are seven notes in a key, and five notes out of the key.
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(If you want to know how to do that, get the free training.) When you discover how to play only the “right” seven notes in a key, you can avoid playing the five “wrong” notes… and always sound good no matter what you’re playing. Since there are 12 notes total – and only seven notes “inside” the key – by default, there are exactly five notes out of the key. If each key contains seven notes, what about the other five notes? However, these letters aren’t important right now. These 12 make up the “letter notes” you’re familiar with (A, B, C#, Db, etc.). In all of Western music (99.9% of the music you hear), there are only 12 different notes. That explains the different colors of the marbles.īut why are there 12 bags? Each Musical Key has Seven ‘Right’ Notes out of 12 In other words, the same “number” in any key always feels the same. The first note of any key has the same mood as the first note in every other key… the second note of any key has the same mood as the second note in every other key… and the same is true for numbers three through seven. There are also seven different colors in each key – we call them feelings, emotions, or moods.Įxcept in a key, we refer to those colors by numbers (1 2 3 4 5 6 7).Įach of the seven numbers in a key creates its own unique mood within that key. There are seven different colors in each bag. Let me explain…Įach “color” represents a different feeling… or emotion. Why?Įach marble of the same color feels the same. The colors are the same across every bag. In every bag, the first note is yellow, the second note is red, the fourth note is green, and so on. Remember that a key is a “container”? Each bag contains seven marbles – because each key contains seven notes. Why all the same color marbles? All Musical Keys have the Same ContentsĮach bag is like a key. So you go back out, and finally rake in a nice loot – 12 bags of marbles – all with the same color marbles in them. But since you feel you got the color combo right the first time, all your new marbles are the exact same colors as the marbles in bag #1. You find a new bag (bag #2), and new marbles. So now what? Out to collect more marbles of course! But over time, the luster wears off, and you get tired of the same old bag. To keep from losing your marbles, of course, you put them in the bag.Īt first, your new bag of marbles really tickles your fancy. Each of the seven marbles is a different color. So you have your bag (let’s call it bag #1). Substitute the nuts for marbles and the can for a bag, and now you have a “bag of marbles”.
Only seven notes (1 2 3 4 5 6 7) in every key. All you need to know is that there are seven of them. Each key has certain notes that “belong” to it.įor now, though, the names of the notes are irrelevant. But which notes? The ones in that key.įor instance, the ‘key of C’ contains the notes A B C D E F G. But fortunately, it’s simple once you get it…and when you do, a new dimension of freedom will be open to you to be able to play by feel. Not understanding keys can be frustrating. If you’ve ever wondered about the keys on guitar, I’m going to show you a simple analogy for how it works, and by the end of this article, you’ll never wonder about guitar keys again.
And contrary to popular belief – where you “start” is not the key. Do you secretly get uncomfortable when someone mentions “the key”? Do you find yourself struggling to find the right key to play in? If someone says “let’s play in the key of…”, could you do it? Do you want to ditch all the theory and just play guitar with feeling?
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