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Changing keys is a great way to add more sophistication to a piece of music, but it can be a tricky process. Sure, there's some easy targets, but what if you want to get weird with it? What if you want to go somewhere completely different, somewhere with absolutely nothing in common with your starting key? Most of our normal modulation tools fall apart when the scales get too far away from each other, but theorists don't give up quite so easily.

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Changing keys is a great way to add more sophistication to a piece of music, but it can be a tricky process. Sure, there's some easy targets, but what if you want to get weird with it? What if you want to go somewhere completely different, somewhere with absolutely nothing in common with your starting key? Most of our normal modulation tools fall apart when the scales get too far away from each other, but theorists don't give up quite so easily. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos Merchandise Store: http://12tonevideos.storenvy.com/ Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/bCTDaj Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/12tonevideos Twitter: https://twitter.com/12tonevideos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/12tonevideos/ Email: 12tonevideos@gmail.com Last: https://youtu.be/B3KkRf0MjWk 32-Bar Form video: https://youtu.be/lxyJwJBjCRM Modulation video: https://youtu.be/QGFvTlA1l8k Modal Interchange video: https://youtu.be/JtRvGL-fJmY Secondary Dominants video: https://youtu.be/keY3Dk3RC70 Tritone Substitutions video: https://youtu.be/B3KkRf0MjWk Diminished 7ths video: https://youtu.be/er6HLn6d05Y BONUS video: https://youtu.be/1taHv5nPNXM Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mlAd4_FeTZDeF45bAgdzsOqncS3hgKJp2VN1ynjHXEo/edit?usp=sharing Huge thanks to our gold-level Patreon supporters: Susan Jones Jill Jones Ron Jones Howard Levine Elaine Pratt Ken Arnold Gabi Ghita Kaylor Hodges Mark Yachnin Brian Etheredge Joe Mensor William (Bill) Boston Nicolas Mendoza Justin Donnell: https://www.youtube.com/user/jsterj1 Khristofor Saraga Jeff Hook Anton Smyk Justin Garringer: https://soundcloud.com/shankatsuforte And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Logan Jones, Eugene Bulkin, Dialup Salesman, Abram Thiessen, Anna Work, Oliver, Jc Bq, Adam Neely, Jon I, nico, David Zahara, Harold Gonzales, Lucas van Loomis, Michael Fieseler, Rick Lees, Ben LaRose, rhandhom1, Marc Himmelberger, Chris Borland, jason black, Dutreuilh Olivier, Olivia Andersson, Nick Olman, Joey Strandquist, Daniel Gilchrist, billy roberts, Elliot Burke, Alex Atanasyan, Davis Sprague, Amlor, Miles Strand, PlayTheMind, Greg Borenstein, Tim S., David Tocknell, Elias Simon, Dakota Williams, Gargron, Jordan Nelson, Jerry D. Brown, Luciano Baez, Christopher Wright, Sportlunch, David Conrad, StarsServant, Steven Kapor, Dave Mayer, Thomás, MasterDslay, blalo'u, Adil Abdulla, and Lauren Steely! Your support helps make 12tone even better! Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold for proofreading the script to make sure this all makes sense hopefully!

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Anonymous

Very interesting. I wish you would look at two of my favorite film music pieces the "Finale" from "The Empire Strikes Back" (so many interesting modulations in the suite) and "Main Title from Star Trek: The Motion Picture." Anyway, enjoying these presentations. Please write a harmony book some day (Piston's terminology is a bit difficult to grasp).

Anonymous

The second piece being by Jerry Goldsmith, also known as the "Theme to "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Thanks again for all the great work.

12tonevideos

I'll look into them! Not sure how soon I can do another Star Wars one, but I've always loved the TNG theme, and it'd be an interesting change of pace from our usual stuff. Thanks for the suggestions!