Avoiding confusion when calling key changes.
Has this happened to you? You’re playing guitar at a session when someone leans over to tell you the next tune is in G. You whack away in G expecting sweet harmony, but finding only dissonance and confused faces. Turns out your melody player actually said “D.” The fact that D and G rhyme has derailed too many sets. It’s time for the madness to stop.
I propose using the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet during sessions. It’s fun, easy to hear, and makes switching tunes feel like an FBI raid or an amphibious assault on a heavily armed enemy position!
A=Alpha
B=Bravo
C=Charlie
D=Delta
E=Echo
F=Foxtrot
G=Golf
