Key Changes from Original YouTube Version

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Ross Brabham

Hi there, this is Ross here from New Zealand.

I am a double bass player and as such like most bass players need to change Key to a song that a singer wants to sing to.

I usually can watch the guitar player and can follow the chords as I go.  But have a question about Key changes

On Monday night I need to play bass on the classic Otis Reading "Dock of the Bay" song from the original Key G to that of Bb.  Singers are a female & male vocals and they want it in Bb.  Guitarists can change to this Key by moving the capo up 3.  I can usually follow a capo but sometimes (in this case) it does my head in to try and mentally add 3 semi-tones up for each chord.  A double bass fingerboard is actually curved (to allow for a bow) so no straight capo fits this instrument.

I can watch the Chordify chords in original G and can change the Key to Bb but of course the music track stays in the original key G.  If I change the Key in Chordify to Bb I can download the new chords to Bb and print them off so this is good.  But of course I cannot play along as the track stays in G.

So essentially my question to you all out there is ... How can I use what software there is out-there to play an original song, or a cover copy, but change the Key so I can then play along with it ??  Preferably at a "free" cost for the limited amount of time I may use it at this stage.

Any help would be great.  Kind regards from Ross

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    Henry

    Hi Ross, 

     

    Nice to hear from you! There's unfortunately no way of transposing the original audio from the video player. I would recommend looking for an uploaded version of the song in the specific key you're after, or if this isn't possible, searching for a website where you can upload a song/add a YouTube link and transpose the key, then use this version in Chordify to play along with.

     

    Sorry for any inconvenience, if we can help with anything else please reach out to support@chordify.net! 

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  • Ross Brabham

    Any ideas or suggestions would be most welcome.

    Thanks Team.

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  • Pum Suan Khai

    I found a Transpose extension for Chrome in Google. If you could integrated this software, We could change the key from original.

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  • Dan Grammer

    A little late to help Ross Brabham out (3 years) but although I have figured out a way to solve this problem I was checking here to see if there were any others.  This is so important to do for like in Ross' situation and mine on violin (fiddle really) and so since I have a solution that is a simple google chrome extension many people that would like to change the key of the you tube video playing in Chordify to match that key of what they select will be pleased to know it is a piece of cake.

    The above was a screen shot from computer.  Below is a screen shot of the search of the Google Chrome Web Store.  Hopefully clear to understand which extension you want to get.  Yes its free.

    If anyone still needs additional help I can be contacted at dgrammer2@yahoo.com

    This was a life saver for me to practice in the key I want to learn for the fiddle to match the key called for.

    DAN....

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