Can I ask a Music Theory Question?
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:53 pm
I am getting back into my tangent on getting my compositions to sound Damn good rather than mundane and average, but I have always tussled with Chord Theory or specifically Progressions. Aside from the usual things found on the web that help tremendously, I thought I would ask you guys in aid on this perplexing issue.
I am currently writing a Ballad in the key of C Minor/Eb Major(The song switches to Major at the Bridge),
Upon finally getting to the Chorus of the song neither C Minor or Eb Major lends itself to an illicit emotional response, specifically as the Diatonic Root Chord of the First Bar of the Chorus...but Lo and behold I stumbled upon the Ab Major Chord, which is the Major IV of Eb Major and the 6th of the C Minor.
This lead me to Spell out the Ab Major Scale and I found the Eb Major was the V of that Scale,
Does this have any significance in regards to modulation perhaps?
Both of these scales share 4 common Chords
Ab Maj as IV and I
Eb Maj as I and V
Cmin as vi and iii
Fmin as ii and vi,
Also Gmin albeit Diminished in the original tonic
I am currently writing a Ballad in the key of C Minor/Eb Major(The song switches to Major at the Bridge),
Upon finally getting to the Chorus of the song neither C Minor or Eb Major lends itself to an illicit emotional response, specifically as the Diatonic Root Chord of the First Bar of the Chorus...but Lo and behold I stumbled upon the Ab Major Chord, which is the Major IV of Eb Major and the 6th of the C Minor.
This lead me to Spell out the Ab Major Scale and I found the Eb Major was the V of that Scale,
Does this have any significance in regards to modulation perhaps?
Both of these scales share 4 common Chords
Ab Maj as IV and I
Eb Maj as I and V
Cmin as vi and iii
Fmin as ii and vi,
Also Gmin albeit Diminished in the original tonic