Members JonnyPac Posted February 23, 2012 Members Share Posted February 23, 2012 A quick crash-course on Parallel Keys and Modal Interchange Besides borrowing chords from neighboring key signatures, chords are also frequently borrowed from a key signature a b3rd higher than the original key (known as the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sandy Cheeks Posted February 23, 2012 Members Share Posted February 23, 2012 What about the harmonic minor here? If E7 Am pops up in C major, does that count as modal interchange? What about AbMaj7 G7b9 CMaj7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonnyPac Posted February 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 23, 2012 HM is from A compound minor and is related to C Major, thus the inclusion of E7 in the chart (and all of the iii, III, V7/vi, and V7 of i's are represented that way). C, Dm, Em (or E7), F, G, Am, and B half-dim. Abmaj7 and G7b9 is from C Minor, the parallel minor of C Major. That is here: Eb, Fm, Gm (or G7), Ab, Bb, Cm, and D half-dim. Making tetrads and extended chords is fair game as usual (7th chords, 7b9, and on and on.). They are derived from the borrowed keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sandy Cheeks Posted February 23, 2012 Members Share Posted February 23, 2012 I got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonnyPac Posted February 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 23, 2012 Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonnyPac Posted February 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 23, 2012 Look at Ladybird Cmaj7 is from C Major, Fm7 and Bb7 are from C Minor, Bbm7, Eb7, and Abmaj7 are from C Phrygian, Am7 and D7 are from C Lydain, and the famous turnaround is from C Phrygain. Note that I do not think in modal tonal centers much- I relate everything to the key signatures that they come from. The tonal center in Lady Bird is C, and C Major more than anything else. Its prominence in the hyper-meter, etc points to the tune being tonal and functional. Modal interchange is a tool to understand the logic behind these kind of changes. Very cool stuff, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members polishpaul Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 Here's a peedyeff of a simple version of Lady Bird: http://www.jazzguitarlessons.net/support-files/gt-2.pdf Good stuff again, Jonny! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members polishpaul Posted February 24, 2012 Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 ....and this: [video=youtube;0adWY01nWdE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonnyPac Posted February 24, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2012 Thanks, Paul! Very helpful... Gotta dig Chet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3shiftgtr Posted February 25, 2012 Members Share Posted February 25, 2012 Lady bird is a good example. Got any others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brwnhornet59 Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 Keep em coming Jonny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonnyPac Posted February 28, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 28, 2012 Will do! I'm having a lot of good moments researching and revising my book- things like this pop out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonnyPac Posted March 14, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 14, 2012 I revised my book and added the post as a new revised page: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted March 19, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 19, 2012 Wow!!! Major breakthrough in understand pop chord theory for me. Thank you so MUCH!!! That was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted March 19, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 19, 2012 I just wanted to say... I had to go get your book. I've never seen as clear and easy an explanation for the things I've been hearing and noticing for years. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonnyPac Posted March 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 19, 2012 Thanks Lee! I'm very glad you found it useful. I emailed you about the DL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonnyPac Posted March 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 19, 2012 This page has a some progressions that involve lots of borrowed chords. Check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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