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How to Modulate - Music Theory

How to Modulate - Music Theory

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Learn how to easily modulate using something known as a pivot chord. Do you struggle to modulate from one key to another? Then this is for you. Lots of people can write or improvise music but get stuck in one key. Changing key, or modulation as it is known, provides musical variety, progression, and development of ideas. In order to modulate in a conventional way, one needs to use a pivot chord ie a chord common to the key you-re leaving and to the key you-re joining. This music theory lesson explains how to do just that. Effective modulation will transform your improvisation and your composition. to modulation 0:50 - Finding a pivot chord 4:15 - Writing a modulation in a piece of music 5:37 - What does a modulation sound like?
Date: 2022-03-28

Comments and reviews: 10


You are really a great teacher! Because I am from China, my English is not very good, so if a person speaks quickly, I cannot understand it. But I can understand every word you speak, your speaking speed makes me feel very comfortable, and your content is very good. Thank you for making this video with your heart, it helped me a lot!
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Is there any SW to assist with modulation? Ideally the SW should allow entering the last few chords before the point where modulation should start, setting the length in bars and beats for the modulation to happen, setting the target key and should then suggest different chord progressions / arpgeggios for the modulation.
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When modulating between two minor keys, I assume the pivot chord does need to be avaiable in both harmonic versions of the scales, doesn't it? E.g. when I modulate from A minor to E minor, I couldn't choose a chord that includes a -d- because it's natural in A minor, but raised in harmonic E minor.
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I wish I could buy all of your courses. Unfortunately I live in Iran and with all these sanctions and extreme inflation I can't afford anything substantial. Thanks for making these videos available though
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One question both keys are so similar do I have to play a cadence to establish the key cause sometimes I hit maybe the c#m on A major and it my sound to strong because it still feels like D Major
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Going from A Maj to D Maj is like speaking in English and then going to Spanish, fairly simple
Going from D Maj to B Maj is like going from Spanish to Japanese, no pivot chords.

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Hi, great video! I was wondering whether we could use a pivot chord to modulate from a mjor key to its relative minor. For example, from A major to Fsharp minor.
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You-re great.
And I am a driver, but from 20th century America, so I have no clue what this -clutch- apparatus is that you mention at the top of the video. -

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The tonic become fourth chord for modulation.
We cannot use fifth because perfect cadence will end music before you go new key.

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and to think i was having several problems with theory and this summed up in 7 minutes what i couldnt figure out in hours LOL
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