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Re: KEY OF E
« Reply #20 on: November 27, 2007, 01:57:24 PM »
I'll tackle your questions:

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1. What are some chords to use in c# minor if I've moved from E?
Is it a LITERAL transposition (ie, "everywhere you'd play an E (I) chord you now play c#, etc" for the whole progression of the song?

You can use the same chords because C# minor contains all the notes of E.  The only difference is that C# is the new 1.


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2.  What chords (or progressions) can you use to move from E to c# minor -- (or ANY key to its relative minor)?

The main progression to use when going to a relative minor key is the 7-3-6 progression.  Once you get to 6, it changes to be your 1.


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3.  What are some nice "color" or fill-in chords in E and c# minor?

The same chords you would use in any other key you can use for this key as well.


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4.  What is it about going from the major key to the relative minor that changes the sound?  What does it do to the sound -- does it give the music more of a 'gospel' feel or is it a 'jazzy'  or a 'bluesy' sound?

In the major key, the one is major so you have that happy, floating-on-a-cloud kinda feel.  When you go to the minor key, the one is minor so you have that dark, soul-stirring kinda feel.


The thing about minor keys is if you think about them in terms of it's relative major, then it isn't that difficult to play in a minor key.  You can use the same chords, notes, runs, progressions, etc. but make them fit around the 6 as the tonal center instead of the 1.
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Re: KEY OF E
« Reply #21 on: December 28, 2007, 01:48:39 AM »
tHANX 4 THE EXPLAINING T-Block..

Great stuff...It's always good 2 know what U are doing 8)

So say now I've moved , say from A major to F# minor scale, How can I resolve to the B major scale?

could I simply play the 2-5-1 of the F# minor scale, resolve the 1 into the tonal note of a major scale, play the 5/4 chord & then resolve to the 1/1 chord of the B major scale?

hope this makes sense..


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Re: KEY OF E
« Reply #22 on: December 28, 2007, 10:26:46 AM »
tHANX 4 THE EXPLAINING T-Block..

Great stuff...It's always good 2 know what U are doing 8)

So say now I've moved , say from A major to F# minor scale, How can I resolve to the B major scale?

could I simply play the 2-5-1 of the F# minor scale, resolve the 1 into the tonal note of a major scale, play the 5/4 chord & then resolve to the 1/1 chord of the B major scale?

hope this makes sense..


I see your question, but I don't understand why you would want to do that.  You have got be talking about keys instead of scales.  If you want to play the B major scale from the F# minor scale, just go to it.  No modulation is needed there.

If you are in the key A major, then you modulate to F# minor, now you want to modulate to B major, that is totally possible.  You can just change the F# minor chord into a major chord, then go to a B major chord.  You would then have to play a few chords to establish B as your new key.  This is probably what u was implying in your last sentence.
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Re: KEY OF E
« Reply #23 on: December 28, 2007, 11:28:30 AM »
Thanx again...
U said what I was saying...just that I was going about the bush!
I understand that well.
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