'Sara' sheet music query

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by RavenOfRhiannon

That's the sheet music I have. It's in a totally different key. Maybe I can find a way to get it transposed.

I didn't notice that on the piano version, but you're right! WTF? Because G is a slightly easier key to play in???(actually, on guitar, it's a MUCH easier key to play in - I'll bet that's the reason - although it's still lame).

[Mr Scarrott]

Silly question, maybe, but is your piano a digital one, or a traditional one? If it's a digital one, check if it has a transpose function... then you can play to your heart's content in G and it will sound in F...

[RavenOfRhiannon]

Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott

Silly question, maybe, but is your piano a digital one, or a traditional one? If it's a digital one, check if it has a transpose function... then you can play to your heart's content in G and it will sound in F...

It's a baby grand, with PNOmation. Unfortunately there's no transpose function. 😕

[RavenOfRhiannon]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I didn't notice that on the piano version, but you're right! WTF? Because G is a slightly easier key to play in???(actually, on guitar, it's a MUCH easier key to play in - I'll bet that's the reason - although it's still lame).

Agreed. #lame

[Mr Scarrott]

You could try this program, which seems to offer a free trial:

http://www.fortenotation.com/en/prod...-music-reader/

I've never tried it, so don't know if it's any good. I've tried playing Sara on the piano by improvising from guitar chords..it sort of worked.

It's annoying when things get transposed needlessly... F and G aren't (one flat and one sharp respectively) exactly scary keys to play in...

I was trying to play some Rubinstein the other day only to realise when I listened to a pro playing it on youtube that it had been transposed from E flat to F on my manuscript. I hit the transpose button to put it down 2 semitones on my Yamaha and felt a bit of a cheat! One day I'll be able to transpose without any mechanical aid, but that's a long way off...

[iamnotafraid]

I remember back in the 80's I purchased my first songbook.
It's still the best Fleetwood Mac songbook I've seen.

I can still remember looking at Sara and thinking I'll
never be able to play all those chord changes. Though the
chords are easy - there are so many changes if you don't
cheat.

[pattyfan]

I don't know how much of a beginner you are, but luckily Stevie's songs aren't complicated musically. I never realized that Sara was actually in F and not G Thanks for that! You just play everything one note lower, so it's a major F chord, a major G chord, and a minor A chord. Or, just play it in G I have for 35 years. Or, as a way to help you learn the keys, just play one bar in the key that it is written in, then just try it one note lower. I"m sure you know Sara really well, so you'll know when it sounds right or wrong. Have fun and congratulations. It's great that you are learning.

Kevin

[RavenOfRhiannon]

Originally Posted by pattyfan

I don't know how much of a beginner you are, but luckily Stevie's songs aren't complicated musically. I never realized that Sara was actually in F and not G Thanks for that! You just play everything one note lower, so it's a major F chord, a major G chord, and a minor A chord. Or, just play it in G I have for 35 years. Or, as a way to help you learn the keys, just play one bar in the key that it is written in, then just try it one note lower. I"m sure you know Sara really well, so you'll know when it sounds right or wrong. Have fun and congratulations. It's great that you are learning.

Kevin

I am ABSOLUTE beginner. This is my first piece to learn, and I know I'm going about it in a way that is contrary to what every music teacher would recommend. I so not to a point where I can transpose by sight. I'll have to get the music written out. Luckily, as was pointed out, it's basically the same three phrases repeated at various intervals. If I can get those three phrases transposed, I'm Gold.

[StillOfTheNight]

I've never had a lesson and I don't even know where a note is, but I learned Sara by ear. Mainly because when it was played on Stevie's Wild Heart Tour it was slower and somehow less complicated than Christine's playing

[David]

Couple of piano tutorials on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoFp5nnbyaE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snSpoDqXQ2c