Be advised: at 1:04 I got carried away and made a mistake: it should be E# rather than Ex (E double sharp). EDIT: like Matt K West says somewhere else in the comments below... it was an "accidental mistake" lololol :)
A good example of tritone modulation is in Bohemian Rhapsody. The transition from solo to opera was a tritone apart and they modulated using a long , decending bassline
To ease the transition to the (#4/b5) takes away the stark contrast. The waiting to resolve is an approach unto itself. You are genius, sir. I can die now. Carry on!
The Ministry of Lost Souls by Dream Theater employs a tritone modulation of sorts in the outro solo, but also uses chromatic mediant modulation to connect the original key and the tritone key. It starts in A minor, transitions through the chromatic mediant of C minor, and then into Eb minor, the chromatic mediant of C minor. So the ending is a tritone away from the starting point.
There is no channel that is both quirky and well taught as this one. I love taking notes and laughing over musical subject how could my day get any better?
That last sequence using borrowed chords as a segue to enharmonic keys sounded like a Brian Wilson trick at first blush. I have to give you a ton of credit my man. I have been playing guitar for over 30 years and can play a number of other instruments that I picked up along the way, but I have learned more interesting and highly applicable bits of music theory in the past 6 months or so from just having subscribed to your UA-cam channel - than I did in the first 6 years of my playing the instrument. Keep up the excellent content Cheers
1. Ex is actually enharmonic to F# with 12 tones. 2. Notice that the tritone substitute of a key has chords on both notes immediately adjacent to its root, then move up a semitone into the V of the new key.
"Follow My Way" by Chris Cornell has an epic modulation from Bb to E in the chorus. It just goes Bb - Dm - A - E. Works really well in the context of the song. Definitely recommend checking it out.
Man you are an encyclopaedia of music theory with a talent for packaging complex ideas in a way that makes perfect sense to those of my own ilk, I.e. the musically dyslexic. If I had you as my teacher 30 years ago I could travel back in time and be Mozart. I would also need a time machine and be Mozart. Speaking of unattainable wishes, if I had some chips, I could have fish and chips if I had some fish. Well that’s a straight red card for being far too silly, seriously though, you’re the best guitar theory teacher I’ve ever come across, and by some distance. Thank you.
I love this channel so much. In the project I'm working on now, I've used diminished chord modulation, chromatic mediants, and even some negative harmony tricks.
The Ab would be a chromatic median but, chromatic median chords can be great for modulation. The voice leading is usually super smooth and you can get to just about any key. Chromatic medians are some of my favorite chords to utilize. I love how the voice leading usually works out. You can get some very cool and interesting sounds with these chords. If you like augmented & lydian tonalities, chromatic medians are your friends.
Something you can also do to modulate from c-f# (or other keys a tritone away) is use chords a major third apart, so for example in C that would be, CM-EM-G#M-C#M-F#M.
Totally agree about direct modulation. You should always feel free to just 'go for it' and see what happens, rather using the intellect immediately. Often it works or you can make it work, but perhaps in a way which you can't understand in terms of your formal understanding of music theory.
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar ah yes, but the last chord of the chorus is A, while the first chord of the verse is D#, so I always was kinda struck by the tritone interval between them.
Outstanding video! All are great! This one is totally practical application! As a solo guitarist (sometimes, I work with bands, too.) this info is invaluable! Makes total sense. Thanks so much! Wayne
As the F# is a tritone away from C, which means its the same distance if we go up and down. Can we modulete down three whole steps as well as down two minor thirds? So the modulation would look something like: C - Bb - Ab - Gb or C - A - Gb
Altered chord can be ambiguous term. "Usually" it refers to the 9th and 5th of a dominant chord. Meaning, the 5th or 9th has been flattened or sharpened in a dominant 7th chord.
So if you can modulate with chromatic, diminished, augmented, and tritones, basically any chord whose intervals are a factor of 12 can be used to modulate a key.
Am i the only one who hears the example at 4:07 to be in B major? The C# chord that is supposed to be the dominant chord sounds more like a secondary dominant to me leading to the V of B major, with that being F#.
So, if a song is in F# min Key, and the "bridge" part presents these chords chain C#Maj->DMaj->Eb min->EMaj, what type of modulation is It? I can't figure it out. Thanks for your help.
Nice video! I must admitt I was doing even easier. I took just those tones/notes, which are only in common and use only them. In your case: F B, but to give it more texture, I would use F octave 3 (F3), B octave 4 (B4) and F octave 4 (F4), this will create a kind of unison F over B. This can be done also B3, F4, B4 - unison B over F. Or a bit tricky to play on Guitar, but possible F3, B3, F4, B4 or B3, F4, B4, F5 - either as 4 tone chords or arpeggios. Additionally I recognize, that this modulation even if is quite smooth, creates tension, but played over 2 bars (instead of one) removes tension. I am not saying is the best solution but worth to try :-).
Do I understand correctly? When you say the V chords are "altered," you mean that the fifth tone has been raised or lowered one chromatic degree and the ninth tone has been raised or lowered one chromatic degree. Yes?
Hi. I started watching, But had to leave it right after you wrote the sharp version for the flat key of Gb. In the Last note of the F sharp major key, you wrote E “double sharp” But in that case of F sharp major, the seventh now should just be E sharp not double sharp right ?
The easy way: Finger a note on any string except the G string. Then go up one string (higher in pitch), then one fret higher. Your two fingers will form a diagonal. This is a tritone. If you start at G, you have to move up *two* frets. (It's like playing a basic power chord on two adjacent strings.)
A flat fifth. Thus going up (in pitch), a fret higher and a string lower (in space, not pitch, haha, i.e. from E string to A string, etc.); going down in pitch, reverse it!
The major seventh in the key of F# is not Ex, it is E#. There are no double sharps in any major scale. Of course I know that this was just a slip of the white board. :-)
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There are no double Flats in G flat minor. That's two pretty substantial mistakes in the first couple minutes of your video. It will be confusing to people that don't know better.
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Be advised: at 1:04 I got carried away and made a mistake: it should be E# rather than Ex (E double sharp). EDIT: like Matt K West says somewhere else in the comments below... it was an "accidental mistake" lololol :)
Right! Glad you caught that. Made me dizzy. Otherwise, thanks for the awesome video!
thanks, in 30 years of guitar i never knew double sharp was x
an accidental mistake! Hahahahha😂
@@mynameisAMRA vfc
Accidental Mistake LOL!!! I'm amused and picked up a few things. Thank You Much
Simply playing a major chord followed by the major chord a tritone away sounds so… EPIC.
I have to say I love the way you start your videos
A good example of tritone modulation is in Bohemian Rhapsody. The transition from solo to opera was a tritone apart and they modulated using a long , decending bassline
Subarna Rekha That’s right...from Eb to Bbb, or A. Good call!
To ease the transition to the (#4/b5) takes away the stark contrast. The waiting to resolve is an approach unto itself.
You are genius, sir.
I can die now. Carry on!
The Ministry of Lost Souls by Dream Theater employs a tritone modulation of sorts in the outro solo, but also uses chromatic mediant modulation to connect the original key and the tritone key. It starts in A minor, transitions through the chromatic mediant of C minor, and then into Eb minor, the chromatic mediant of C minor. So the ending is a tritone away from the starting point.
That F double # joke got me to like instantly
Same though. That was the moment that I SLAPPED LIKE NOW. Ooops, that's a different channel
Yeh me too, gotta love this guy's great info and sense of humour!
There is no channel that is both quirky and well taught as this one. I love taking notes and laughing over musical subject how could my day get any better?
That last sequence using borrowed chords as a segue to enharmonic keys sounded like a Brian Wilson trick at first blush. I have to give you a ton of credit my man. I have been playing guitar for over 30 years and can play a number of other instruments that I picked up along the way, but I have learned more interesting and highly applicable bits of music theory in the past 6 months or so from just having subscribed to your UA-cam channel - than I did in the first 6 years of my playing the instrument.
Keep up the excellent content
Cheers
Yes, that last example is the best way and also the standard jazz way. That why it always works in jazz. Tri-tone is always so cool
1. Ex is actually enharmonic to F# with 12 tones.
2. Notice that the tritone substitute of a key has chords on both notes immediately adjacent to its root, then move up a semitone into the V of the new key.
Your videos ALWAYS have an answer to my question. Knocked it out of the park again my man, thanks!
"Follow My Way" by Chris Cornell has an epic modulation from Bb to E in the chorus. It just goes Bb - Dm - A - E. Works really well in the context of the song. Definitely recommend checking it out.
Grazie Tommaso... sto guardando molti dei tuoi video e sono molto interessanti e istruttivi. Grazie mille per il tuo impegno. :)
I hate to contradict you because your videos are so good but F sharp major has an E sharp not an E double sharp.
thank u, it was blowin my mind and I started thinking that my life was based on a lie hahah
Eh, got carried away. You're obviously right.
Don't worry, we are only limited to use these accidentals just for now...
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar Thank you for your videos, mate. Spread love from Italy🙏
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar it was an accidental mistake!! Thanks for your great vids
1:15 The leading tone in F# major is E#, not Ex.
The last one you did sounded the most smooth to my ears, and it wasn't even close!
Man you are an encyclopaedia of music theory with a talent for packaging complex ideas in a way that makes perfect sense to those of my own ilk, I.e. the musically dyslexic. If I had you as my teacher 30 years ago I could travel back in time and be Mozart. I would also need a time machine and be Mozart. Speaking of unattainable wishes, if I had some chips, I could have fish and chips if I had some fish. Well that’s a straight red card for being far too silly, seriously though, you’re the best guitar theory teacher I’ve ever come across, and by some distance. Thank you.
I loved the fourth way, intermediate modulations, felt so good to my ears!!
I love this channel so much. In the project I'm working on now, I've used diminished chord modulation, chromatic mediants, and even some negative harmony tricks.
Once you're done, I'd like to listen to it if you are ok with that :)
12:00 I think it’s possible to change key using sub-dominant chords(Like C - F - Ab -> Eb - Ab - Cb -> Gb)
The Ab would be a chromatic median but, chromatic median chords can be great for modulation. The voice leading is usually super smooth and you can get to just about any key. Chromatic medians are some of my favorite chords to utilize. I love how the voice leading usually works out. You can get some very cool and interesting sounds with these chords. If you like augmented & lydian tonalities, chromatic medians are your friends.
You make it simple, but it's not. Thanks so much. I practice everything you upload
Something you can also do to modulate from c-f# (or other keys a tritone away) is use chords a major third apart, so for example in C that would be, CM-EM-G#M-C#M-F#M.
THAT was the sound of so many British TV documentaries from my youth
Sitting here slack jawed as I had no idea how it was done
Geniale, Tommaso, sei geniale! *GRAZIE*
Wonderful as always, thank you Tomasso!
Great i was looking for this everywhere perfectly explained.💥💥
This is excellent!
My favorite key is F###. Thanks for representing. Also, great vid man. 👌🏽
Really like that fourth one
Very helpful video... Thanks Tomasso
Hey Tommaso ! Excellent again ! You could make a video about how to use "linear"and "non-functional" chords in songs ? Thanks!
excelent video! last modulation sounds great!
Another great Video.
Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much! 😊🙏
just found this channel
seems legendary
This was super informative, as always!
I usually go II to V in the key I want to modulate to. Key D >> Bbm Eb>> Key Ab. #thankyou 👍
Another great video, Sir. Thanks a lot
Using Neapolitan (2nd inversion, Db) might also be suitable. C - Dm(7) - Db(7) - Gb(maj7)
Totally agree about direct modulation. You should always feel free to just 'go for it' and see what happens, rather using the intellect immediately. Often it works or you can make it work, but perhaps in a way which you can't understand in terms of your formal understanding of music theory.
Don't Stand So Close To Me by The Police modulates abruptly from chorus to verse by tritone and it sounds ok
Mmh, the verse is in Gm, the chorus is in D. I don't see a tritone.
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar ah yes, but the last chord of the chorus is A, while the first chord of the verse is D#, so I always was kinda struck by the tritone interval between them.
If Complete Chord Mastery was a book I would buy it. Same goes for Master of the Modes
Outstanding video! All are great! This one is totally practical application! As a solo guitarist (sometimes, I work with bands, too.) this info is invaluable! Makes total sense. Thanks so much! Wayne
As the F# is a tritone away from C, which means its the same distance if we go up and down. Can we modulete down three whole steps as well as down two minor thirds? So the modulation would look something like: C - Bb - Ab - Gb or C - A - Gb
Thank you for this🙂
This is so intressting. Keep it up man
Diminished seven sounds good for me
I just want to learn.... but yes smooth is nice. Also db7 and B diminished 7 sound very similar :)
Great video. Grazie mille! But what’s an altered chord? Can’t remember what it’s.
Got you covered: ua-cam.com/video/Ew-M9-6PE6s/v-deo.html
Altered chord can be ambiguous term. "Usually" it refers to the 9th and 5th of a dominant chord. Meaning, the 5th or 9th has been flattened or sharpened in a dominant 7th chord.
I love the video
So if you can modulate with chromatic, diminished, augmented, and tritones, basically any chord whose intervals are a factor of 12 can be used to modulate a key.
Fun fact - you can say that A minor scale has notes A A## A### A##### A####### A######## A##########, and it's not wrong.
Am i the only one who hears the example at 4:07 to be in B major? The C# chord that is supposed to be the dominant chord sounds more like a secondary dominant to me leading to the V of B major, with that being F#.
in the first example, 3:58 in the direct modulation... my ear tells me to go to F after playing that C
Your you tube videos are great ! very easy to follow and understand. How many episodes/months does your "Complete Chord Mastery " course last ?
Thanks! please, direct all questions about the courses to tommaso@musictheoryforguitar.com
"Hello Internets, nice to see you!" Love this channel.
I hear it as "Hello, Internet! So nice to see you!" instead.
I liked immediately after you said F triple sharp.
So, if a song is in F# min Key, and the "bridge" part presents these chords chain C#Maj->DMaj->Eb min->EMaj, what type of modulation is It? I can't figure it out. Thanks for your help.
Nice video! I must admitt I was doing even easier. I took just those tones/notes, which are only in common and use only them.
In your case: F B, but to give it more texture, I would use F octave 3 (F3), B octave 4 (B4) and F octave 4 (F4), this will create a kind of unison F over B.
This can be done also B3, F4, B4 - unison B over F.
Or a bit tricky to play on Guitar, but possible F3, B3, F4, B4 or B3, F4, B4, F5 - either as 4 tone chords or arpeggios.
Additionally I recognize, that this modulation even if is quite smooth, creates tension, but played over 2 bars (instead of one) removes tension.
I am not saying is the best solution but worth to try :-).
7:25 a G7#5 ? Do my ears still work correctly ? 😅😅
Do I understand correctly? When you say the V chords are "altered," you mean that the fifth tone has been raised or lowered one chromatic degree and the ninth tone has been raised or lowered one chromatic degree. Yes?
I prefer the third modulation, but also both variants of the fourth sound pleasant to me. I am not a fan of the first two though.
Do you have any lessons on phrygian?
Sir plz explain what is a "double #" or a "double b" note??? I can't figure it out plz help me out.
What's with the double sharp? E# is F
Good
How about
Hb 7b9
E 7b9
instead of G7?
Hi. I started watching, But had to leave it right after you wrote the sharp version for the flat key of Gb. In the Last note of the F sharp major key, you wrote E “double sharp” But in that case of F sharp major, the seventh now should just be E sharp not double sharp right ?
Well, if you had to leave, you had to leave. If you have a minute before leaving, read the top comment ;-)
3:58
Sounds like the doors for me
Wouldn’t D-flat or C# major be the same in that it also has 2 notes in common with C major?
D flat has C and F. Two notes in common with C.
Great!
F### me, I cant thank you enough for your knowledge and willingness to share it!
Excelent video! Just one thing! The seventh of F Sharp Major is E Sharp. Not E double Sharp
Yup
Nice, but can you tell what an ALT chord is??
Sure: ua-cam.com/video/Ew-M9-6PE6s/v-deo.html
Wait, isn’t E double sharp the same as F#? Wouldn’t it be E# for the key of F# Major?
Nevermind, I saw your comment correcting your “accidental” error. :)
C major → C minor → Eb major → Eb minor → Gb major.
Hello what mean about gM7altered?
Could you please add Hungarian subtitles for the scale spellings? Where is H?
What about the key of C# ?
Thank you baba
I prefer C-Db7-Gb, the shortest way
In f# major there is no e double sharp (its equivalent to f#) rather it has e#.
See pinned comment
I don't know what a TriTone is nor how do I find or figure out what a TriTone is on the Fretboard?
Video soon ;-)
The easy way:
Finger a note on any string except the G string. Then go up one string (higher in pitch), then one fret higher. Your two fingers will form a diagonal. This is a tritone.
If you start at G, you have to move up *two* frets. (It's like playing a basic power chord on two adjacent strings.)
A flat fifth. Thus going up (in pitch), a fret higher and a string lower (in space, not pitch, haha, i.e. from E string to A string, etc.); going down in pitch, reverse it!
Jeeze why am I commenting on a 2-year-old video?
@@christopherheckman5392 good point about that naughty third
The major seventh in the key of F# is not Ex, it is E#. There are no double sharps in any major scale. Of course I know that this was just a slip of the white board. :-)
E sharp not double sharp. Or am I missing something?
Seen the comment. Pls ignore.
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Would "Hosanna" from Jesus Christ Super star count? (the verse)
where is your accent from?
Italian
The translation of the titles to Portuguese are WROG. What a shame.
Its E# not Ex though.
Since when is the seventh note of the F# Major scale, E *double* sharp … ?! It’s only a single sharp (E#), is it not … ?!?!!
You are correct. I acknowledged the mistake in the first comment.
There are no double Flats in G flat minor. That's two pretty substantial mistakes in the first couple minutes of your video. It will be confusing to people that don't know better.
There are double flats in the Gb minor scale. If you think there are not, then reply to this comment with your spelling.
Huh?
Never mind! Ignore my stupid comments, haha
Tips hat to f###