What key is my guitar in?

Question:My guitar is standard tunes do E,A,D,G,B,e.

Also what chords are in the key that I'm in?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: My guitar is standard tunes do E,A,D,G,B,e.

Also what chords are in the key that I'm in?

The guitar, played in all open strings, is tuned to an E minor 7 with a suspension. The E minor notes are E - first and sixth strings, B - second string, and G - third string. The seventh is a D - fourth string, and the suspended fourth is the A - 5th string. If the A were situated above the D (the seventh) it would be an E minor 11th chord and sometimes it is substituted for this function.

If you imagine that the A - 5th string, is the root and the E - 6th string, is the fifth, then the chord would be an Asus9 with no third. The A would be A - 5th string, and E 1rst and sixth string. The suspended fourth would be the D - fourth string. The Seventh would be the G - third string, and the ninth would be the B - second string. This is a little far fetched, but it actually works.

the guitar is tuned the way it is to maximize it's potential with open strings. If you wanted "perfect tuning," you could simply move the second string up to a C and the first string up to an F. The guitar would then be tuned in perfect fourths, all the up the string set. You would have a much more difficult time playing chords with open string however, and you would lose the doubled E strings. Like everything, there are opportunities lost and found with the standard tuning, as well and the perfect tuning, and you should feel free to explore both. Some Jazz players swear by perfect tuning because it makes soloing easier, and makes chord forms symmetrical. Some folk singers swear by modal tunings because it opens up the instrument to tonal possibilities that would be impossible in standard tuning. The bottom line is that you can tune the guitar any way you want to, or a different way for every song if you would prefer to.

The chords that you can play, no matter what tuning you are in, are in the thousands and would take too long to list here. I posted some links below which may help. Hope this is what you are looking for.

c, just like the piano

you're not so much in a "key" per se. Open guitar strings don't really give us a "key" to work within.

You can play chords from the keys of C, A, G, E, and D pretty easily....

the I IV V and vi of each of those keys would be

C F G Am
D G A Bm
E A B C#m
G C D Em
A D E F#m

I don't know if that helps, but it's a place to start.

Saul