Key Transposing printable pdf download

Key Transposing

Key Transposing Chart

KEY

III

VII

VIII

Tonic

Sub-tonic

Mediant

Sub-

Dominant

Sub-

Leading

Octave

dominant

mediant

Tone

Say you know a four-chord song in C using C, F, G7 and D7. A friend drops by one

day and wants to play the song but she plays it in G. You can use this chart to

“transpose” the key. The four chords in the key of G will be G, C, D7 and A7.

Musicians will often speak to one another in a kind of short hand. For example, the

above four-chord song might be described as a “1-4-5 song with an occasional 2 in the

key of C”.

One way to increase your playing skills is to learn songs in several keys. This chart

can help with that.

Key Transposing