“Unlock the Secret Dramatic Shift: Mastering Key Changes to Elevate Your Songwriting!”
In any major key, there will be 11 possible key changes. I will first show you the most common, and then, the most extreme!
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Whole-Step Modulations: This is the most common method that has been used over the last 60 years or so to add energy to the last chorus of a song. In the key of C major, the chords built from the scale are C Dm Em F G Am Bdim. When we move a whole-step higher to the key of D major the chords will be D Em F#m G A Bm C#dim (note: the symbol for sharp in music is #, which means higher in pitch).