I've read up on pivot chord modulation, direct modulation, and melody modulation (modulating to a scale whose target chord has a note that is in the original key's scale and whose chord you use fulfills the same musical function. IE: from V of C to I of Ab).
What I'm wondering when carrying through these modulations is whether or not there's a chart or other means of easily deciding on a scale to modulate to. I often technically correctly modulate only to find the modulation leads nowhere.
Go-to relative scales when modulating?
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- KVRian
- 503 posts since 24 Nov, 2008
If you have a PC you can try: www.chordwarepa.comshanew711 wrote:I've read up on pivot chord modulation, direct modulation, and melody modulation (modulating to a scale whose target chord has a note that is in the original key's scale and whose chord you use fulfills the same musical function. IE: from V of C to I of Ab).
What I'm wondering when carrying through these modulations is whether or not there's a chart or other means of easily deciding on a scale to modulate to. I often technically correctly modulate only to find the modulation leads nowhere.
Some people have reported it not working on their PC in the past, so please let me know about any error message, so I can fix it (works on every PC I've tested).
Here's what it will do for you given your op (these features are free and unlimited):
1) Scale popup menus will show neighboring scales each a note different from the one selected.
2) List chords of a scale, and show common chords to the last list shown, or will exclude the chords of the last list shown.
3) Label chords with roman numerals by selecting the reference note before running the list.
4) Show chords on a fretboard or a keyboard and play them.
5) Color code to show relationships between inputs and outputs.
6) Chord popup menus will list extensions or chords with variances of 1,2,or 3 notes, using input scale or modulating.
7) Use input chords to generate scales, and to filter output chords - an output is allowed if it can be combined with each input to result in a scale, or part of one from the library.
This is good when you have input chord extensions and you want to know what some good modulating chords are - bigger input chords result in fewer outputs.