jazz jam, keys

["Harmonica Teacher" <HarmonicaTeacher@xxxxxxx>]

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"You don't know what you don't know."

I went to a jazz jam Monday night to expand my awareness from the blues,
country, and classic rock that I am comfortable with.

I prepared two songs ("Don't get around much anymore" Nat Cole,and "what a
wonderful world" Louis Armstrong) and practiced them in the keys that I
wanted to play, using Lee Oskar Melody Makers.

I got some surprised looks when I called a tune, and was informed that "the
right key is..."

So, my Jazz-oriented friends on the list here... Is there an expectation to
arrive and call my tunes in "the right key?" What if ten singers recorded
the song in ten different keys?


Robert Hale
"the Duke Of Wail"
Coaching By Telephone
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Gilbert, Arizona