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Offline dwest2419

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« on: August 24, 2013, 01:15:30 PM »
Hi guys. Anyone know any good books on parallel minor or modal interchange or mode mixture as they like to call it?

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Re: Any books or information on...
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2013, 09:55:37 PM »
I wouldnt know any

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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2013, 06:47:00 PM »
I wouldnt know any

Never mind! I think I found my answer off a website I go to for things I don't understand. Check out the answer I got:

Here was my question to them.

Me: Anyone know any good books on parallel minor or modal interchange or mode mixture as they like to call it?

Website: You don't need a book, the principle can be explained in a few lines - as in fact I think I did above .

 "Modal interchange" and "mode mixture" are two names for the same thing: the idea that you can use chords from any scale with the same tonic or keynote. That's what "parallel modes" or "parallel scales" means: same root note, different scale structure.

 "Borrowing from the parallel minor" is just the name for the most common kind of modal interchange, where we start with a major key, and bring in chords from the minor key with the same keynote. (Chord from A minor can be used in the key of A major, alongside the usual A major chords.) This is especially common in rock music, but dates back centuries.

 Eg, key of A major:
 Diatonic chords: A Bm C#m D E F#m G#dim
 Common borrowings from A minor: C (bIII), Dm (iv), F (bVI), G (bVII).

 All you need to do now is take a handful of your favourite rock songs, look at the chord progressions, and see if you can spot borrowed chords.
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