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The first obstacle to overcome when playing Creedence songs on

guitar, is to be certain that the printed music is in the same

key as the recorded version you are listening to.

Here's a list of 20 popular Creedence songs for you to research.

1. Proud Mary - recorded version - key of D,

2. Who'll stop The Rain - recorded version - key of G,

3. Hey Tonight - recorded version - key of E,

4. Travellin' Band - recorded version - key of F#,

5. Lookin' Out My Back Door - recorded version - key of Bb *,

6. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - recorded version - key of

Dm/F *,

7. Ooby Dooby - recorded version - key of E,

8. Born On The Bayou - recorded version - key of A,

9. I Put A Spell On You - recorded version - key of Em/G,

10. Sweet Hitch-Hiker - recorded version - key of D,

11. Green River - recorded version - key of E,

12. Bad Moon Rising - recorded version - key of D,

13. Lodi - recorded version - key of Bb,

14. Down On The Corner - recorded version - key of C,

15. Fortunate Son - recorded version - key of G,

16. As Long As I Can See The Light - recorded version - key of B,

17. Run Through The Jungle - recorded version - key of Dm/F *,

18 Up Around The Bend - recorded version - key of D,

19. Have You Ever Seen The Rain - recorded version - key of C,

20. Susie Q - recorded version - key of E

Remember why you started playing guitar in the first place? It

wasn't to play scales or arpeggios, you took up guitar to play

songs, and some of the most popular songs on guitar are

Creedence songs.

Unfortunately, despite their 'easy' chords and simple melodies

Creedence songs almost always fall short of the mark when you try

to play them on the guitar. They just don't seem to have that

magic sound.

As we discussed in a previous article, some of Creedence songs

use a different tuning on the guitar to create a unique musical

atmosphere, I've indicated these songs on our list with an

asterisk after the key.

You don't have to re-tune your guitar for these songs, however if

you have two guitars, you will enjoy the true Creedence sound by

tuning one guitar to the 'tone-down' tuning.

Tone-down tuning is as follows: sixth string = D, fifth string =

G, fourth string = C, third string = F, second string = A, first

string = D.

How will you know what key the sheet music is in?

Each commercially available piece of sheet music has a 'key

signature' at the beginning of the song, most songs have the key

signature placed at the beginning of each line of music.

You can identify the key of the song by using the following list

for reference.

(symbol for sharp = #, symbol for flat = b)

Key of C = no sharps or flats, Key of G = one sharp, Key of D =

two sharps, Key of A = three sharps, Key of E = four sharps, Key

of B = five sharps, Key of F# = six sharps, Key of C # = seven

sharps.

Key of F = one flat, Key of Bb = two flats, Key of Eb = three

flats, Key of Ab = four flats, Key of Db = five flats, Key of Gb

= six flats Key of Cb = seven flats.

So, there you have it, you don't even have to be able to read

music to know what key the sheet music is in, simply count the

number of sharps of flats at the beginning of the piece of music

to discover what key the song is presented in.

It's easy to play Creedence songs on guitar and get their famous

song once you are playing your guitar in the some key as the

recorded version.

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