Transposing
Transposing means changing the key of a progression or song. If you go through and analyze all of the scale tone chords in the key of C major you come up with the following
| I | Major | (C Major Chord) |
| II | Major | (D Minor Chord) |
| III | Major | (E Minor Chord) |
| IV | Major | (F Minor Chord) |
| V | Major | (G Minor Chord) |
| VI | Major | (A Minor Chord) |
| VII | Diminished | (B Diminished Chord) |
This pattern remains the same regardless of the key. For any major key, chord I is always major, chord II is always minor, chord III is always minor, etc. The only thing that changes from one key to the next is the letter names of the chords. This can be demonstrated by looking at the scale tone triads for the key of G major which are shown in the following diagram.
By simply following the roman numerals and remembering which chords are major, minor, etc, it is easy to transpose chords from one key to another. Here is the progression from example 106 transposed to the key of G. Try playing it fingerstyle in the manner of example 107.
