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HOW TO USE THE TRANSPOSING CHART

Say the song is in the key of C major and the first three chords of the

song are D min7 | G 7 | C maj7.

Decide which key you wish to move to. For example say that you

want to transpose into the key of F major. Locate the C major line

and place your finger on the original chord letter for the first chord

(e.g. D min7), then trace down the column to the new key centre

line F major and you should land on the new chord letter G.

Do this for all the other chords. You will see that your new chords are

G min7 | C7 | F maj7. Only the letter name changes not the chord

quality, e.g. min7 stays a min7.

This method also applies to notation. For instance if the notes in the

melody of the original key (D major) were F#, E, D, E, F# and you

wanted to transposed them into A major, the new notes would be

C#, B, A, B, C#. The rhythmic values stay the same.

If the key is in a minor key e.g. A minor then you follow the same

process but you use the Relative Minor column. This is also a quick

way to figure out the relative minor for each major key. E.g. The

relative minor for G major is E minor.

On the left hand side you will find the correct key signatures for

every key, major or minor.

NB C# and D♭ are the same keyboard note as are F# and G♭.

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