I’ve recently taught myself to play in most of the common keys, namely A, C, D, F, G... I’m wondering about the key of E, though - how do you guys usually do it?
I personally can do the following key of E shapes - A: 2100, B: 4322, E: 4442, C#m: 6444, F#m: 2120. It works decently enough for me because most of it is moving the A shape up and down the neck (for E I smush the top 3 strings on the 4th fret). I’m just wondering if it’s worth the effort to continue to practise this, or to just capo at 2nd fret and use key of D shapes.
And I suppose I might as well ask this - what about the key of B, or even the flat keys? I guess it’s different for everyone, but any thoughts?
I personally can do the following key of E shapes - A: 2100, B: 4322, E: 4442, C#m: 6444, F#m: 2120. It works decently enough for me because most of it is moving the A shape up and down the neck (for E I smush the top 3 strings on the 4th fret). I’m just wondering if it’s worth the effort to continue to practise this, or to just capo at 2nd fret and use key of D shapes.
And I suppose I might as well ask this - what about the key of B, or even the flat keys? I guess it’s different for everyone, but any thoughts?