AROIOS Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Been using these progressions for over 20 years and never knew they actually had a name. 😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Thanks, that's interesting, I've intuitively used that but never knew it had a name either. Wondering if the actual explanation can be that it's some variation of modal interchange but with a temporary modulation into that parallel borrowed key. For instance, if you're in C major key, borrow the same tonic minor, i.e. C minor, then use the enharmonic major: Eb major. C major -> C minor -> Eb major. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Interesting, he's at a keyboard, but he explains it like a guitarist. "Just move it up three frets a minor third". Nothing about the harmonic-theoretical foundation that underpins this idea, which I think is basically what @CyberGene posted. It's modal interchange with the relative minor. Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Harmonic cliches from extensive historical use that are now part of our musical language. C | D/C :||, wistfully longing for, reaching for. Alan Menken loves this one. F | Fm| C ||, a sentimental moment, regret, if only. F | G | A ||, we win! triumph, success. Have others to share? 2 Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 9 minutes ago, ElmerJFudd said: Have others to share? Ab | Bb | C :||, an unexpected detour/surprise but nevertheless we’re heading back home 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, CyberGene said: Ab | Bb | C :||, an unexpected detour/surprise but nevertheless we’re heading back home 😀 👍 Same one as F | G | A, right? Video game music used to use this all the time when you clear a board. It was a journey, but we got there! 1 Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 And here two melancholy ones: G | Gaug | Em/G then backwards and forward. Or basically playing a simple G major chord whose fifth moves up from D to D# to E and then back. Usually implies longing. Used in the beginning of the third part from Scheherezade by Rimsky-Korsakov and considered a typical part of the Russian sound of the group of composers called “The Five” which also includes Mussorgsky. Another similar but in the opposite direction and rather pessimistic due to the inevitable falling down. And a staple of trip-hop and similar somber genres: Em | D#aug | G/D | C#m7b5 | (sometimes ending in Cmaj7) :|| Basically it’s the opposite of the first one, you start with Em and move the lowest note down a semitone on each step: E D# D C# C Michelle by The Beatles 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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