Originally Posted By: Planobilly
That got me to wondering why write in those keys to began with. The vocalist issue is typical. Perhaps Db provides a better fingering position on the piano.

I was wondering why someone with the name 'Pianobilly' was asking this question until I noticed that your forum name is 'Planobilly'.
Man, I've read your name wrong all the time...sorry about that, Billy blush

To answer your question: my completely unscientific explanation (which may only apply to me) is that on the piano all keys are equal, so you choose the one that sounds best for the song.
You don't care how messy the notation may look.

I only learned guitar to be able to write songs that a guitarist could play without breaking his fingers.
And of course, writing on the guitar puts you in a different mindset.

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