I only know 1 Key, and I'm okay with it.

[The Bard Rocks]

Originally Posted by mr. beaumont

Walk the Line is one weird tune. I never noticed the key changes until I learned it...

You hear him hum - he's getting his mind set for the next change. 3 keys, 5 changes. Pretty cool or such a simple song- and most never notice.

[RichardN]

Originally Posted by dnf777

I cant resist quoting the late, great, John Prine, from a concert in Pittsburgh…

“You guys out there playing my songs with bar chords are getting it all wrong! I have three chords and a capo…”

No one went to a John Prine concert to see his guitar playing. Only the guitar players in the audience would notice that he's only using three chords.

If you're a guitar player first and foremost three chords are not going to cut it. Nor will playing in just one key.

[RichardN]

Originally Posted by SCVJ

Regarding E being called the "devil's key" - is that a common term or just one the earlier poster uses?

And is it called that because many blues songs (the devil's music, as it was called) are in E, or because it's considered difficult to play in?

Are there any other keys with nicknames?

When most of my guitar playing was jamming with blues progressions, one would call out a key and everyone would just jump into it.