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Originally Posted by The Bard Rocks
I generally avoid this sort of thing. When I can't, I go wherever it is necessary, doing all barres if I must.
Incidentally, Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line" changes key no less than 5 times. Remember how he hums in it? That sets the new key into his mind (and ours too).
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Yes - it's a tour de force of vocal range, like he's giving us his CV. "Listen, I can do all this!"
It's actually only three different keys, but you're right there are five changes, and he sings one key in two different octaves. It's a lovely piece of subtle virtuosity - making an extremely simple song more interesting, using impressive vocal skills, but not really showboating - just doing it.
His voice covers just over two octaves in all - from an extraordinary contrabass C (two octaves below bottom E on guitar), up to a D above middle C (fret 3 2nd string). He could probably have gone higher than that if he had to, that high D is no effort.