David Hodge

So far our discussion on determining a key of a song has been somewhat biased towards major keys. There are, obviously, songs that are in minor keys and this is where developing your ear can be a great asset.
Remember when we talked about key signatures a few posts ago? Well, truth be told, even key [...]

Okay, so we’ve made it clear that the starting and ending chords, while good indicators of the key to a song (particularly if the starting and ending chord are the same), are certainly not infallible. What else can help us figure out what key a song is in?
Sometimes it’s the use of a chord progression. [...]

Okay, since we’re talking about playing songs with other people, I couldn’t have asked for a better question to use first! Here we go:
Hello David;
I have a question for you – how can you tell what key a song is in? I thought that it was in the key of the first note or chord [...]