 Modulations And How To Use Them |
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 Jan 5 2012, 07:00 PM
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 Learning Roadie  Group: Members Posts: 466 Joined: 21-October 09 From: Tampere, Finland Member No.: 7.720  |
Hiya, I like jazzy chord progressions and I know that one way to make a piece of music more interesting is to use modulations... but how do they work in fact? I know that the circle of fifths is useful there and that modulating into the fourth or fifth note is good (or is it?
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Jan 5 2012, 11:35 PM
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here's a cool video on basics of modulation, it's for piano, but it's the same thing for guitar
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Jan 6 2012, 03:40 AM
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A basic way to modulate to another key is to just play the 5 chord of that key and then the 1. For example, lets say you're in the key of A major and you want to switch to E major. You could play the 2 chord of A major, which is B minor, then change it to B7 and resolve to E major. There are a few other types of modulations as well.
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