How To Use Chords Like A Pro, Part 4: Modes and Modulation

I hope you had an amazing and safe Thanksgiving. If the holidays are hard for you, I hope you were able to successfully cope and administer some self-care. 

Today, we're ending our series on using chords like the pros. In part 3, we covered how to prolong your chord progressions to buy us time and keep cadences for when we really want them.

For part 4, we're talking about modal mixture, or using borrowed chords from other keys and scales. We'll also learn how to modulate from one key to another by using pivot chords and tonicization. 

This stuff is super fun and can really transform your chord progressions and make them sound super cool. Let me know what you thought of part 4, as well as the whole series, by commenting below.

Finally, I want to ask you a personal favor that will take you literally 1 to 3 seconds. In short, I'm looking to grow the Just Write Music Youtube channel. This is where so much online education takes place and I'm confident we can make a big impact and help support a lot of fellow artists. 

But I need your help. If you enjoyed my content, click the title at the top of the video. That will take you to the video on Youtube proper. It would mean the world to me if you'd "Like" the video and subscribe to the channel, if you haven't already. 

Engagement is huge and we need to show Youtube that we're worth paying attention to. 

It's up to us. 

Thanks so much and happy holidays, 

Avi