My Soul Is Longing for Your Peace by Lucien Deiss, original key of F. Text and music © 1965 WLP. I prefer playing this song in the lower key of D. I think a lot of church songs are written in keys that are too high for average voices. In this case, my WLP We Celebrate guitar edition has alternate capo 3 chords, so I played those chords without the capo and that transposed it down one-and-a-half steps (F to D). The problem is that the pianist does not always have the skills to play in the lower key unless they prepare ahead of time. Some keyboardists are able to "play by ear" or calculate transposed chords on the fly. Of course, it wouldn't be a problem with a transposing keyboard or organ.
27 сен 2024
