How to Easily Move from One Key to Another - Music Composition 

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What if we already know how to pivot on the 4th? What about the other combos?

Any chord that’s in common

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I don't know theory but my ear can figure it out. Try it.

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Once the pivot chord has been used introducing the new accidentals is what establishes the new key. Yes you can use colour chords/ chromatic chords to add flavour without modulating.

DIminished chords or N6 are not diatonic to the keys, the title says "Changing Key by Using a Pivot Chord". Dim or N6 are not pivot chords, those are some other types of modulation.

Fresh well but in the video it sounded like it was not easily possible to modulate from C to F#

@@Mymusicaldream Using pivot chords, you can not. There are no common chords between C and F#. In this context, what the video says is accurate.

Yes. This video is focused on diatonic chords but it’s true that modulation can be achieved by chromatic chords.

@@MusicMattersGB It would be awesome if you could make other videos about the different types of modulations. 👍🎉

Thank you. All chords are built from the bottom up rather than from the top down.

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Using a pivot chord to modulate to other keys is the most common way.

Often the Dominant of the new key is a good way to get into the new key after the pivot chord but your observations about the Dominant of the new key not being a pivot chord in most cases are correct. As you say, modulation to the subdominant in a major example is the only one that’s truly a pivot chord.

There' different DIATONIC scales...with MORE THAN just ONE dominant chords. The diatonic MAJOR is just One out of 10 diatonic scales. Diatonic just means 7 notes scales....Keep it simple like that. The MAJOR diatonic is just a REFERENCE point. You dont need to use dominant chord to shift into a different key. You can used diminished or augmented...whatever clever ways.. Heck sometimes I just random artifical harmonics on my guitars.. it sounds exotic and needs resolving...to most people.lmao. The LEADING tone note is the second arpeggio of a MAJOR chord 3 into 4....( AUGMENTED chords are all maj3 intervals..so any notes from an augmented chord can be use as a leading tone note ( 3 into 4) or whatever Note a semi tone below the note you wish to play into...to used as a Tonic or NOT. Diminished chords...well G7 is just G B, D, F or B dim/G ..it's still B dim into C. The other scales you created FULL diminished. G, D, B, F, Ab... You can use ANY NOTE of the a diminished or FULL diminished as a LEADING TONE...B into C.....D into Eb.....F into F#......Ab/G# into A I can simply play C Maj C#dim into D min/F MAJOR.. If I stack the A note below C# dim it's just A7 into D minor... I could had play C Maj into FMaj...all day long..but that's BORING or I can use the (N6) A harmonic min b2 or Melodic min b2 to help me cycling down to the 4th... The b2 note from A is Bb..you can play it as Bb Maj. Bb7. Bb dim Bb dim.lol play Bb dim into B Major or B min....all day long F#7..that's just F# stack below Bb dim.... The F# note is the VI of A Melodic min.... I could had simply play the E dim into F MAJOR...all day long. Im familar with the different scale and my instruments...I'll make a smoother transition....what's E dim with C stack below it?? Just C7.lol.... or I can play Cmaj7 into C min....it's just 7 into 8 whatever That's becuase the C harmonic MAJOR and harmonic min chords overlap.... A harmonic MAJOR and harmonic min D, F, Ab, B B, D, F , G# Let back up a little.....Here are a list of those 10 DIATONIC SCALES. Im going to list it DIFFERENT WAYS....so you can SEE it from different angles. So you'll modulate different ways..write, play and create music you always want to play.....DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. The Basic G7 into C MAJOR or C min E7 into A MAJOR or A min Using the MAJOR intervals as the REFERENCE. PUSH DOWN from C MAJOR towards C min b6 = Harmonic MAJOR b3 = melodic min b3, b6 = Harmonic min b3, b6, b7 = Natural min b2,b3 melodic min b2 b2, b3, b6 Harmonic min b2 b3, b5 Melodic min b5 b3, b5, b6 Harmonic min b5 b3, #4 Melodic min #4 b3, #4, b6 Harmonic min #4 #6 Ion #6 ---------------------------------------------- The only different between Aeo and dor is b6 or Maj6 Aeo dor Harmonic min Melodic min Harmonic min b2 Melodic min b2 Harmonic min b5 Melodic min b5 Harmonic min #4 Melodic min #4 Mix #2 ------------------------------------------------ The LEADING TONE Method ( modes from various scales) aeo maj7 Harmonic min dor maj7 melodic min phr maj7 Harmonic min b2 Loc maj7 Ion #6 Mix Maj7 Ionian Mix b6 maj 7 Harmonic MAJOR dor b2 maj7 melodic min b2 dor b5 maj7 Melodic min b5 dor #4 maj7 Melodic min #4 aeo #4 Maj7 Harmonic min #4 aeo b5 Maj7 Harmonic min b5... The 10 scales WORK together or NOT. The MORE you USE Them..the better you'll get at blending them... Use different combinations to write music.. They're just TOOLs.....Not rules.

The down beat is the first beat of the bar.

In a modulation we usually employ a pivot chord, as explained in the video. What comes after the pivot chord is then in the new key.

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The best thing is to get your way around the circle of 5ths. You’ll soon recognise key changes.

Hi. It often moves up a semitone by using the V7 chord of the new key.

@@MusicMattersGB thanks so much.

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There’s no fixed point for the pivot. You can use it at any point you wish. Some modulations come early; others come late.

@@MusicMattersGB Thank you very much. I'll get started modulating. :-)

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Primary chords are strong I IV V

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You can either create a dramatic modulation without using a pivot chord or you can go through a series of modulations from one key to the other.

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A comprehensive set of possibilities there.

@@MusicMattersGB but it makes thou..The N6 as Major or Dominant after the MAJOR's tonic D dim.....E7 D dim Eb MAJOR E7 it overlap A min Bb7.....................lol it's just VISUALLY easier for me to see it on the fretboard if I play C Harmonic MAJOR...or melodic min F7.................G7 F min/ dim G7 B min/dim ..... C Maj.........C#7 F dim F# Major........ G Maj .................

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@@MusicMattersGB it's actaully not that hard to play on the guitar A min...C Maj C#7 into F# MAJOR or D dim into D#min D loc b4, bb7 is just Mix #1 ( it's kind of weird to count with a #1 root so it gets converted to Loc b4, bb7.. anyways to make D dim chord... Im simply going to play the C#7 chord ( barr completely across) to play the G# note as will....then simply play the D note..with my free finger. so it;s going CHROMATIC...C Maj...C#7 D dim into D# min/F# MAJOR or Gb MAJOR/...which is on the opposite side of the circle of 5th ( ON PAPER) 6 O clock....from 12 O clock. but I can easily see the TRITON ( D#/Eb) from A becuase the strings are tuned in perfect 4th or inverted 5th. It;s EASY on the Fretboard becuase...F# MAJOR/D#min LOOKS/FINGERING are the as C MAJOR/Amin or whatever other scales.... such as F# Harmonic MAJOR or C Harmonic MAJOR F# Maj....B min/dim........C#7 if I play the F# Harmonic min F# min B min/dim......C#7 The G chord is still the N6....either way. F# MAJOR or F# min .lol or play to F#min/A MAJOR....PARALLEL to Amin/C MAJOR F# to A ..is b3 Intervals apart. so it makes sense to play DOMINANT, aug or dim chords EVERY b3 intervals apart too. :-P or you insert the N6 in between them. There's PATTERNS to the madness.lol becuase it's just INTERVALS ( measurments/MATH) TONIC............................... other KEYS/TONIC G# dim....A..... Bb Maj.........into Eb Harmonic MAJOR or min B dim C Db/C# maj........ F# Harmonic D dim Eb/D# E Maj....................A Harmonics F dim F#Gb G Maj.................... C Harmonics or to make it easier to remember...the b2 or b7 are also a possible pivot chords. in a nutshell... 2, 4, b6, 7......b2, b7.....( 6 each degree) into Major or min 12 different KEYS counting from C MAJOR..or whatever key u start from.

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Exactly the same using minor keys

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