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Office Hours Q&A 209 | Chord switching technique, songs that move into different keys
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Hi Everyone,
You missed this one, but you can always catch the next one - usually on Thursdays at 10AM Pacific Time. If you have a question, drop it below, or ask on the Community Forum Office Hours thread.
Here are the timestamps for this week:
Question 1: Ray asked for the best way to improve chord changes. I gave a few helpful practice tips.
Question 2: Ray asked about songs that don't stick to a particular key. Are there rules? Standards?
Here's how it works: bring your questions to the comments below, the Office Hours community forum thread, or save them for the live chat! Questions can be about anything you want - guitar technique, music theory, gear, songwriting - your choice! Also, feel free to link a video of you playing if you have a technique question!
I'll do my best to answer your questions and give examples of how you develop skills related to your question.
Keep in mind, you can always watch later if you can't make it live! Check back a few hours after the stream for a numbered list of each question and a timestamped link to each answer.
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Comments
Erin
Not sure if you have discussed this. Is there a way to optimize a song for a vocal range? Just noticing during my practice with community challenges that I have a hard time singing to what Ive come up with. I assume its because the keys im choosing are out of my range.
Timothy Dorian
hi Scott. Im sure this question has been asked but for you or anyone out there my question is....when starting to learn the caged system. What is THE FIRST backing track i should be practicing with and why?
