Anishta Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Hi, I'm a girl and I wanna do a cover of Someday's song I Want You Right Now. Somehow it seems too low to sing for me. Especially the verses :/ I play a little guitar. Should I change the chords? Which chords should I try? this is the song love, anishta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Ellen Vocalist Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Do you have a capo? That will take the key higher. Yeh, If it's too low change the chords up a semitone or tone or more depending on how much higher you want it. That is a perfectly legitimate thing for a singer to do :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anishta Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Yeah my friend has one. I've never used it before. :/ What would you recommend to try it in first. Because I have a girls voice. Do you also have troubles singing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamcham Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Can you sing it an octave higher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gno Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 That's pretty low for me, and I'm a guy (tenor). If it were me I'd transpose it from A to D - that's up a fourth, the lowest note being F#3, a comfortable note for me. The Key of D is a great guitar key even without a capo - a nice open chord. It depends how comfortable that lowest note would be for you. If F#3 is still too low, you could use the capo with the open D chord fingering, and just move it up wherever you need it. I'm afraid if you take the original A fingering up with a capo it would get too high on the guitar making it sound weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronws Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I have re-keyed songs higher, to suit my voice. Either re-write the chords or capo up. I did that with "Peace, Love, and Understanding." It is written in the Key of G and performed that way by the original songwriter, Nick Lowe, as a slow hippie ballad, and in the same key as a new wave uptempo by Elvis Costello. It's too low for me. I capo up two frets and do it in the key of A. "Don't stop Believing" was a problem for me until I raised it one step higher and learned what I was doing wrong. Now, I could probably lower to the original key and do it well enough, if I cared to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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