> 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 finda > 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 wantto ­ 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