Hi... I was just wondering if anyone can give a general idea of what key most songs are written in??-- I mean what are the general most-used keys? I know that sounds silly, but I've been asked to play in a group for church this Sunday... so I really am a bit stressed because I don't know if I will be able to play well, considering the practice session is tomorrow, wed., and I don't really know very many keys (aren't there 12 major and 12 minor for violin?). I can also do backing vocals if there isn't a violin part... or if I can't play the key it's in. But I really would like to know because I'm so nervous... aren't a lot (generally) of songs written in the regular A, C, D, G, etc. keys? I just don't want to get stuck with a K flat sustained minor song or something really difficult. I'm sorry I'm very ignorant when it comes to keys...

I have no idea but good luck and after Sunday send a message to tell how it went
Sorry I can t help!

Your best bet is to practice major scales Ab, Db, A, E, and B.

You won't find a whole lot of minor keys in the church setting. And since you don't know a lot about them (yet) you should be able to get by without too much trouble.

(*free halloween caramel apple to 1st person who understands my recommendation)

I played with my church's worship team for a while (and plan on getting back into it.. took a break for a while though) and most of the keys were like.. C, G, D.. easy ones. Nothing hard at all.

For the songs that had sheet music (hymns mostly) I played the melody and ones just had the chord name written out, I just played the note like that.. it was easy! You could also add some of your own stuff within that key to make it more interesting, but I hardly ever did cause I'm used to having sheet music..

But I wouldn't be too worried

Thank you all so much! It went nice today, I actually didn't mess up (that much) and that's exactly what I did (meaning playing the chord names just as they were and impovising)! The Lord gave me peace in any case... It's funny because usually I would almost fall off the stage from shaking so hard