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TRANSPOSE
by Will Dallimore
1990

This program is for the three-chord novice guitar player who has given up the
instrument because they cannot find the time to learn new chords. Now there
is no music that you cannot play. By using the Music Key Transposer you can
change those finger-wrenching chords into the easy D's and A's we all know. As
a demonstration, let's transpose the Beatles song 'With a little help from
my friends'. It is written in the key of E and we will transpose it to D, so
type TRANSP E D and press [Return]. You will see two lines of letters. Find
the E in the top line, this represents an E chord (or note) then transpose it
by playing the chord immediately below it, in this case the D. Continue through
the song changing to the new chords as shown below.

Old
Chord: E              B       F#m                                     B7
       What would you do if I sang out of tune would you stand up and walk ..
New
Chord: D              A       Em                                      A7

Note: If you really want to play this song in the original key then put a
capo behind the 2nd fret and play the new chords.