From the course: The Songwriter's Toolkit: New Perspectives
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Modulation within the song form - Sibelius Tutorial
From the course: The Songwriter's Toolkit: New Perspectives
Modulation within the song form
- [Tutor] Modulation can not only be used at the end of a song, it can be used between sections of a song, there are countless songs out there, where the verse and the chorus are in two totally different keys. Some famous examples of songs, that have sections in different keys are Justin Timberlake's Mirrors, which has the verse in C minor and the chorus in the relative major E flat, Lady Gaga's Paparazzi, which has the verse in C minor and the chorus in A flat major, The Turtles' Happy Together, which has the verse in F minor and the chorus in the parallel major of F and Penny Lane by The Beatles, which has the verse in B major and the chorus in A major. Let's take a look at one type of modulation we often see between song sections, the shift from minor to major. You can find out more about the different minor scales by watching the videos on Minor Scales in my Music Theory for Songwriters: Harmony course. Modulating between a major and its relative minor scale is straightforward…
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