Learning the keys of songs

[two fingers]

For me, songs always have a tonal center that makes the key pretty well-defined. Once you get used to hearing it in songs, it's not so hard. Once in a while, you get a "Sweet Home Alabama" with a tonal center that's more open to interpretation, but most of the time it's quite clear.

Well stated, and a perfect example of a song that gets debated more than it's worth debating.


(I vote G BTW)

 

[JimmyM]

So did Ed King, the guitarist who played the first solo. But the producer Tom Dowd said it was in D and wondered why Ed played the solo in G

 

[two fingers]

Ha! I haven't played it in quite a while. I just remember my two guitarists going back and forth back then over G or D. I'll have to go back and play it and see what I think these days.

 

[seanm]

I always think of Sweet Home as being D. But really, I don't care if you call it G or D.... As long as we are on the same page chord wise, I am good