Originally Posted by
Tom Wright
The recording is not in the same key as the sheet music David shows. The recording is in Em so of course G major/E minor is the scale for improv. The sheet music is in C#m. If the choir is using this sheet music you should improvise in E major/C# minor.
You could try a pitch-shift audio edit to lower the key of the recording to C# minor for play-along, or just work out a few go-to ideas in E minor and then play them in C# minor. As always, try playing the melody to start.
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