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    The document discusses the key of D major, its relative minor B minor, and modal interchange. It explains that modal interchange involves borrowing chords from the parallel minor key, such as using Bb major instead of B major in the key of D major. A popular progression using modal interchange, the bVI-bVII-I progression, is described. This progression uses the bVI and bVII chords from D minor (Bb major and C minor respectively) leading to the tonic D major chord.

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    The document discusses the key of D major, its relative minor B minor, and modal interchange. It explains that modal interchange involves borrowing chords from the parallel minor key, such as using Bb major instead of B major in the key of D major. A popular progression using modal interchange, the bVI-bVII-I progression, is described. This progression uses the bVI and bVII chords from D minor (Bb major and C minor respectively) leading to the tonic D major chord.

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    Musicianship Guide: Modal Interchange in the Key of D Major

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    The document discusses the key of D major, its relative minor B minor, and modal interchange. It explains that modal interchange involves borrowing chords from the parallel minor key, such as using Bb major instead of B major in the key of D major. A popular progression using modal interchange, the bVI-bVII-I progression, is described. This progression uses the bVI and bVII chords from D minor (Bb major and C minor respectively) leading to the tonic D major chord.

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    Musicianship:$Harmonic$Function,$

    Modal$Interchange,$and$Tensions$$
    ! Lesson!3!Study!Guide!
    The$Key$of$D$Major$ !
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    The!key!of!D!Major!has!two!sharps!–!F#!and!C#:!!
    !

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    !!!!!!!!!
    ! !!W! !!!!!!!!W! !!! !!!H! !!!!!!!!!!!W! !!!!!!W! ! W! !!!!!!!!!H!
    !

    F#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!C#!

    D!!!!!E!!!!!!!!!!!!G!!!!A!!!!!B!!!!!!!!!!!!D!
    !
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    Relative$Minor:$B$Minor$
    !
    Related!Major!and!Minor!keys!share$the$same$key$signature$and$the$same$notes.!To!
    find!the!relative!minor!of!a!Major!key,!start!on!the!tonic!and!go!down!3!half!steps.!For!
    example,!the!relative!minor!of!D!Major!is!B!Minor:!

    !
    !
    !
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    D!Major!and!B!Minor!share!the!same!key!signature!and!the!same!notes:!

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    ! !!!!!! B!Minor!
    !
    ! D!Major!
    !

    ! 1!
    $
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    Modal$Interchange$
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    Modal!Interchange!is!when!a!composer!uses!a!chord!that!is!borrowed!from!a!Parallel!
    Tonality.!A!Parallel$Tonality$is!any!key!that!starts!on!the!same!note,!for!example!D!
    Major!and!D!minor!are!parallel!tonalities!because!they!both!begin!on!a!D:!
    !
    !
    D!Major!
    !
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    !
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    D!Minor!

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    !
    If!we!are!in!the!key!of!D!Major!and!we!borrow!a!chord!from!D!Minor,!that!borrowed!
    chord!would!be!a!modal!interchange!chord:!
    !

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    Modal!Interchange!Chords!in!the!key!of!D!Major!
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    The$bVI$bVII$I$Progression$
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    The!bVI!bVII!I!Progression!is!a!popular!chord!progression!that!uses!modal!interchange!–!
    the!bVI!and!bVII!chords!are!both!borrowed!from!the!parallel!minor.!!
    !
    WHY$ARE$THE$VI$AND$VII$LABLED$WITH$A$b?$
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    Let’s!use!the!key!of!D!Major!as!an!example.!In!the!key!of!D!Major,!the!diatonic!VI!chord!
    is!a!BR.!In!the!key!of!D!Minor,!the!diatonic!VI!chord!is!a!Bb.!When!a!Bb!is!borrowed!from!!
    !

    ! 2!
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    !
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    the!key!of!D!minor,!it!is!considered!“flat”!because!it!is!one!half!step!lower!than!the!
    diatonic!note,!B.!So,!if!we!are!in!the!key!of!D!Major!and!we!play!a!BbMaj7!instead!of!a!BR
    7,!we!are!playing!a!bVI!chord!instead!of!the!diatonic!VIR!chord.!
    !
    The!same!applies!for!the!bVII!chord.!In!the!key!of!D!Major,!the!diatonic!VII!chord!is!a!!
    C#R.!In!D!minor,!the!diatonic!VII!chord!is!a!C.!Since!C!is!one!half!step!lower!than!C#,!the!C!
    chord!is!labeled!as!a!bVII!in!the!key!of!D!Major.!!
    !
    !

    D!Major!
    VIR!!VIIR7b5!!I!
    !
    !
    !
    !
    D!Minor!
    VIMaj7!!VII7!!I!
    !
    !
    !
    !
    Modal!
    Interchange!
    bVI!!bVII!!I!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
    !
    !
    !!!!!!!!!BbMaj7$(bVI)$ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$C7$(bVII)$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$DMaj7$(I)$
    !

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