Originally Posted By cgiles
Originally Posted By 124
FWIW, and I don't know how this works, but I'm happy in the keys of C, D, E, F, G, and A. Okay, all bar one of them contains #'s and b's, so I'm playing other than all white keys. However, if someone calls for a tune in C#, Eb, F#, Bb, or even B, I'm diving for the transpose button. I ain't above that. smile


Of course this only applies if playing by ear but, for me, it's not so much the key as it is the passing chords, transitions, etc. I DO have favorite keys for soloing though; Bb, Eb, F. I also like f#, probably stemming from playing boogie-woogie as an 8 yr. old (all black keys) smile.

chas

Yep, I'm an ear player and luckily, on gigs, we're totally vocals. So I 'fit' the keys to our vocal ranges. I will do an instrumental or two if necessary, nothing overly convoluted as I do have the ability to play them on the fly and will choose the keys of C or G for them.

When I'm at home I like to play more complicated, for me anyway, instrumentals like Alfie and My One and Only Love - whatever pops into my noggin.