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> I think that maybe the help given has been a touch to complex as a starting
> base...
> 
> A modulating chord quite simply is like a car...it helps you to get from one
> place to another.
> 
> So say that you start in C ­ maybe in London and you want to get to E or
> Paris, you need a ferry or modulating chord to take you from one to the other
> -
> 
> If you just tried to jump from one to the other you would get wet ­ or in
> musical terms it would provide a very jerky sound, so what you do is find a
> chord that sounds right in both the key you are in now and the key you want to
> get to.
> 
> There are often general rules about how you do this, but don¹t worry about
> those for now - 
> 
> Try this
> 
> I want to move from C major to D minor ­ it doesn¹t matter why I want to ­ I
> just have a piece of music in C and my next section will sound best in D minor
> ­ how am I going to get there... well a very simple way is to find the fifth
> chord of the new key ­ D minor and use a version of that chord.
> 
> In this case that would be A or usually when using a fifth (also called
> Dominant) chord, you use a 7th version, so you would have A7 which is A Csharp
> E and G as your seventh.
> This chord would lead quite naturally to D minor but doesn¹t sound crazy
> coming from C major.
> 
> This is one of those things that sounds complicated in its explanation, but
> play it on a keyboard and you will hear it immediately.
> 
> If you want more help please email me privately ­ I will do what I can!!
> 
> Regards
> 
> David Tobin
> 
> Wow and flutter ltd
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you so much for your help.
> 
> But confused 
> 
> You are in C major, (OK) and at the end of some passage you have an E chord
> (OK) in 
>> > order that you can continue in A ­ so you have moved from C to A, and used
> E 
>> > as your modulating chord
> 
> I am more confused now sorry David, but can you try and explain with more
> examples  please.
> 
> Debbie xx



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