Quote Originally Posted by nimbleswitch View Post
"Bess" is charted with a three bar intro in one flat, then Porgy sings 20 bars in 2 flats, then Bess sings 22 in 2 sharps, then Porgy 6 in 2 sharps, Then both sing out 37 measures in 2 sharps. Would you set it in D, then, since it's there most of the time, including the end?
No, I would leave it in Bb because it starts out that way. Whatever changes come later in a song I would disregard, since - for iReal charts key-setting purposes - we must choose one key, and it would be easier to think of it in terms of the initial key, rather than a subsequent one.

In "Redheaded" Crown sings only the first 7 bars in no sharps or flats, then it shifts to 2 flats for the rest of it. I should have changed that to Bb for sure, just flat missed changing it
That last pun was fantastic! Well done!!!