I was thinking of starting a different thread but I think this will sit ok here because it's to do with ease of playing.
Do any of you - deliberately or otherwise - play any of the Shads stuff in keys other than those in the original recordings?
As an example, I first learned to play The Rise & Fall of Flingel Bunt years ago by just sitting down with the guitar and working it out. However, I wasn't listening to it at the time so didn't know what key was used. I happened to chose E (E= easy!). It wasn't until sometime after that I realised it was written in the key of C.
Now, personally, I think it sounds better played in E - especially the intro and outro. That's just me so don't shoot me down in flames and I do try and use the "authentic" key from time to time - honest! But try it in E and see.
Do most folk here stick to the original keys or not? Just curious, that's all.