One Approach to Modulation, Made Easy for Guitar

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Victoria, Texas, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) August 22, 2010 -- Modulation put simply is “Changing keys”. To make the most of this lesson, it would help to have a basic understanding of:

Diatonic Theory and Harmony
The ability to construct any Major Key
The ability to work within Roman Numeric Notation for song analysis.

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To start with, let's look at two Keys that we'd like to change, Let's select G and D – These two keys are a 4th apart, and a good example of our approach.

Let's take the Chords in G first:

G Am Bm C D Em F#dim G
I ii iii IV V vi viio I

Next we will do the same with D

D Em F#m G A Bm C#dim D
I ii iii IV V vi viio I

Using G lets make a Progression: I iii IV V I

G – Bm – C - D back to G

This approach involves going from G to D via the ii chord in G - We play two times through G and on the second time, instead of going back to G we will add the ii chord of D, and from there we will go to the V chord of D and finally the I of D, or D itself. From there we simply duplicate the I iii IV V and I but this time within D, and we are done...full modulation.

G – Bm – C - D – G
G – Bm – C - D – Em ← ii in D

A – (The V chord in D)

D – F#m – G - A back to D

Modulation is an effective tool in songwriting and theory and composition. One key benefit, is it keeps the music interesting. For example if the song is too long, a key change keeps it fresh and keeps the listener from becoming as tired with the same chords, which can lull a listener into boredom.

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