THIS CHORD MAKES MODULATING SO EASY! 

Typing mistake in the video: It's "Pivot chord". Not "Pevet chord"!

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Tried this on guitar with some jazz flavorings, and Cmaj7 -> Fmaj69 -> E7#9 -> Ab7b13 -> C#m9 sounded most natural to me, which makes sense given the functions. Keeps the top note somewhat melodic, and leads in nicely to a 251 into B. Thanks for the video!

Modulating is fuckin free and can be easy regardless though ever since Schoenberg broke the tonal prison you can do what you want. You can modulate however you want lol it doesn't have to be just secondary dominants. If you pick a triad or seventh chord then pick a triad or seventh chord from a completely different key that sounds unexpected to the ear or "unprepared" as it's called (this video demonstrates "prepared" modulations that the ear isn't as shocked by on the flip side) but yeah the unprepared modulation can actually be a massively satisfying or desired sound. You can be like WHAM doubly chromatic mediant here (maybe even the hexatonic pole variant if you're spicy) now Im in this key and its dramatic as hell. But Im not staying there long cos WHAM major tritone cadence here now Im in a not closely related key to that one and it sounds like I went to outer space. To anyone reading who doesn't know what those funny nomenclatures from advanced theory I just dropped are thats okay just play around on your preferred instrument (having just a basic level of ability on piano is really good for exploring harmony though I will say from personal experience) but yeah play around and improvise like I suggested in the third sentence of the comment and if you find something YOU like specifically you can try to google what that chord relation is or ask maybe a theory forum or someone you know who knows theory or something. At the end of the day I think of Western Music Theory as nomenclature for things that are possible in traditionally western music with 12 tones in the chromatic scale. If you want to compose music its important to find your own sound. Maybe you'll even find the chromatic modulations Im talking about or secondary dominants from the video or hell even tonal or melodic music period isn't for you and that's okay! Finding your individual voice and character as a composer is so important and that's why I think it's worth exploring the ideas presented in this video as well as anything else that seems interesting to you :) The secondary dominant vibe is cool though!!! I pretty much directly associate that with the instrumental bridge section of Alter Magnitudes by Alkaloid which is worth checking out Also keep up the informative music YT content grind, king. you're doing great 💪💪💪💪💪

Another great vide8

I've been learning piano for about six months so I think it will be a while before I understand this level of music theory! Thanks for trying though, it's interesting, and maybe in a few more months it will make sense.

Hi, thanks for the video. I missed the reasoning behind how the transition from E to Am (fifth of the sixth) turned to E to G# in the last example. It's no longer a perfect cadence of fifths, right?

Great content!

Hope to see you more.

Pivot. 😊