Fingers manipulating music notes

I Changed My Mind About The Key Changes

Putting the verses of Didn’t Feel Safe in G major was a bit of a dick move because I want the chorus to lift by stepping around the circle of fifths, and G is a perfect 5th above C, not below. I tried to make it work by rising a perfect 4th instead, but it just sounded wrong. F major would have been a better choice for the verses, since it’s a 5th below C. One of the purposes of these blog posts is to salvage marks when we screw up and make mistakes… so all I’ll say is: Hi Damian!

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