I'm curious about your attitude towards choosing a key for a particular song that someone else wrote. On guitar, and especially if I'm going to sing, I often have to change keys, for open strings or vocal range. When I learned "That's All", the first two notes (C#, D) happen to be right on opposite sides of the break on the alto, an area that I have a definite problem with. I struggled through it and hopefully I am on the path to redemption. I can hear the problem in the recordings, though.
But assuming no one is singing, do you try to play a song in the original key (if there is one) or choose a key that you like to play in?
But assuming no one is singing, do you try to play a song in the original key (if there is one) or choose a key that you like to play in?