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Modal Interchange

This document discusses modal interchange, which is replacing chords from a parallel minor key in a major key progression. It provides the chords from the parallel C major and C minor keys as examples. The most common interchange is replacing the VII chord with the bVII chord from the parallel minor.

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Modal Interchange

This document discusses modal interchange, which is replacing chords from a parallel minor key in a major key progression. It provides the chords from the parallel C major and C minor keys as examples. The most common interchange is replacing the VII chord with the bVII chord from the parallel minor.

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Sam Incze
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MODAL INTERCHANGE

Using chords from the parallel minor key to replace its parallel chord
o Cmaj parallel minor is Cmin
o Cmaj Chords:
Cmaj7
Dmin7
Emin7
Fmaj7
G7
Amin7
B Half Dim7
o Cmin Chords
Cmin7
D Half Dim7
Ebmaj7
Fmin7
Gmin7
Abmaj7
Bb7
o So changing a chord in C, eg. Changing Amin7 to Abmaj7 is modal
interchange
Most Common Modal Interchange chord is the bVII instead of the VII

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