Composition 105: Modulation

Let's talk about Modulation - what is it, when do we use it and how?

0:00 Intro
1:38 Overview
3:16 Original Theme
3:56 Common Tone Modulation
6:10 Secondary Dominant
9:21 Sequence
11:39 Diminished Chord
16:20 Minor V
19:09 German 5-6 Chord
24:33 Circle of Fourths and Fifths
27:07 Chord Overview and Recap
31:33 Final Remarks

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[AnneKathrinDernComposer]

Since there’s some confusion: When I say G-major 7 I mean G7 / Dominant 7, not G-major with a major 7 (Gmaj7). All 7-chords in this video are dominant 7 chords, there’s not a single major 7. The reason I tried to avoid Dominant7 and other functional terms is because ppl without a theory background don’t know what that is. So the major is simply referring to the chord, not the 7. Additionally, in Germany (where I first learned about harmony), we don't use the same word for the chord and the intervals. Chords are classified as Dur and Moll whereas intervals are classified with major and minor. Old habits and all...

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[BinarySounds]

As a hobbyist suffering from chronic key entrapment, you just gave me several 'get out of jail free' cards 😂 Love the new look also.

[fredrikoscar]

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[PasjaMusic]

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[nemanjabogunovic]

This has officially became my favorite Youtube channel!!! Passing on knowledge in such an easy and natural way is truly a gift! 🙏❤️

[ObsessiveCostumingDude]

Thank you as always for this wonderful video.

So many YouTubers overcompensate trying to make their videos "interesting" with all kinds of rapid cuts, FX, loud voices, constant attempts at humor, etc., etc. but I enjoy how calm you are in your videos and the relative simplicity of discussion, example, discussion, example, etc. :)

[SharmaYelverton]

The 5-6 chord is in jazz parlance a tritone substitution for the dominant of the new key. For those that like to think of it that way. In this case I find the classical theoretical explanation for the 5-6 more convoluted than the jazz theoretical explanation for the tritone sub. Just goes to show there are always multiple ways of think about music theory.

[EdokLock]

I can't express how grateful I am.
Thank you for sharing these gems, I respect your work and efforts and wish you the best in your journey

[Herfinnur]

You look equally competent with or without the make-up. Just know that it really doesn't matter. It's your charisma, insights and communication skills that makes you so good at this YouTube thing.

I live in Austria but I've never heard of Hollywood Worksop, so thank you for the tip-top tip!

Edit:
DamnitI I looked into that workshop. Really interesting and even pretty reasonably priced, but I don't have the days free to go all the way to Vienna and stay overnight 😢

[Karmkane]

I dig the fact that you have an alto recorder lying on your keyboard behind you.

[grobinson]

Yes you were missed very much...🙂Thank you for this

[paulstatezny]

There is so much pure GOLD here!!

The way you lay out all of these methods and explain conversationally about the nuances and reasoning really makes it accessible and understandable. Just purchased the MIDI. 🙂

PS: The alt version of the Minor V where you land on Eb major – what a really cool feeling of "pleasant surprise" whenever the melody starts without the chord even changing. (Felt like the "5" and it's suddenly the "1".) Mind blown!

[neviensniekur]

With harmony, humanity invented the first synthesizer. A compound wave generator based on additive synthesis. All musical notes are stable, consonant sound waves. The additive synthesis of several musical notes can generate equally consonant sound waves, but also unstable, tense sound waves, with internal conflicts, like the diabolus in music of the tritone. This harmonic expulsion from the paradise of melodic consonance is the founding event of complex musical systems.

[flyingbananapeel]

Awesome video!! I had one professor refer to the sudden type key changes as "Cymbal Crash Modulations".

[jon_do]

Thank you so much, Anne. Very inspirational!

[estebancoestaocupado]

Golden summary, an incredible, well thought out and planned class on practical modulation theory. I believe your calmed, down to earth, humble style of explaining things with this clarity shows that you're a top notch professional. This is the kind of content the community needs.

[GregLassalle]

you Dern. This was, as usual, a great lesson with lots of useful info. I always learn so much from ypour posts. Cannot thank you enough. Wish you blessings. 🙏🏾🌞

[subbbass]

german 5-6 chord hab ich noch nie gehört. Im Jazz nennen wir das Tritonus-Substitution (weil der Dominatseptakkord mit #11 die gleichen Töne hat, wie der gleiche Akkord um 1 Tritonus versetzt, nur einen anderen Namen/Basston) In meiner Hochschule nannten wir das Rückung im Unterschied zu Modulation, wenn kein "Modulator"-Akkord zwischen Ausgangs- und Zieltonart stand.

[arthurchanson]

Very nice and clear, thank you Anne-Kathrin!