What key is a guitar in without a capo?

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Putting on a capo anywhere on the fretboard doesn't change the key of a guitar. The key signature, or colloquially, “what key am I playing in” is defined by what set of notes you are playing from. So a guitar, with or without a capo, does not have a key. It's only when you start playing notes that a...
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Putting on a capo anywhere on the fretboard doesn't change the key of a guitar. The key signature, or colloquially, “what key am I playing in” is defined by what set of notes you are playing from. So a guitar, with or without a capo, does not have a key. It's only when you start playing notes that a key is defined. read less
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Putting on a capo anywhere on the fretboard doesn't change the key of a guitar. The key signature, or colloquially, “what key am I playing in” is defined by what set of notes you are playing from. So a guitar, with or without a capo, does not have a key. It's only when you start playing notes that a...
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Putting on a capo anywhere on the fretboard doesn't change the key of a guitar. The key signature, or colloquially, “what key am I playing in” is defined by what set of notes you are playing from. So a guitar, with or without a capo, does not have a key. It's only when you start playing notes that a key is defined. read less
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A standard tuning of guitar from the heavy to light string is E A D G B e If we notice, there are no sharps or flats but we're also missing C & F It can be multiple keys C major, G major (has only one sharp i.e F#), or D major (two sharps F#, C#)
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