Hmmmmm Just thought of something......
I am with all the Anti-Tranposers but this is how you CAN use The transpose as a great practice tool.
Want to challenge your mind a little try this on a song you know like the back of your hand.
Go ahead and transpose your keyboard up or down a couple of notes.
Now play the CD/MP3 of the song and play along with the song. This is a different form of ear training but it will force you play the song in different keys. Expand your mind discover new things about a song and patterns.
This would def help when learning the Devotion songs. You know them Deacons love to Start in Crack Flat. Then again nothing can help them

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After you've went through a song a couple of times in the new keys. Transpose it back to the original Key and play the song in the new key.
Again DO THIS IN YOUR PRACTICE TIME.
