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Transposing: Low Key? High Key? There's No Such Thing
When transposing from one key to another, keep this in mind:
There’s no such thing as a “high key” or a “low key.”
A key is just an interval order with respect to a key note or tonic note. The key of E major is neither “higher” nor “lower” than the key or C major or any other key.
The way a songwriter or composer has arranged the intervals of a particular melody determines which key you will be able to sing it in, without the tune being too high or too low for your particular voice.
You can sing some songs easily in the key of C major, but not in the key of G major. You can sing other songs easily in the key of G major, but not in C major. The determining factor is not the key. It’s how the melody itself is structured. The key of C major is not inherently “higher” or “lower” than the key of G major.
That goes for all the keys, major and minor.