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Modal Interchange
Lets take a moment here to further complicate the issue of the harmonic analysis. In traditional theory any chord that is not diatonic to the key center can be explained by borrowing its analysis from a parallel major or minor mode. The non-diatonic chord is known as a Borrowed Chord. In contemporary harmony we call the process Modal Interchange. We do this just for analysis purpose as a way to analyze and justify non-diatonic chords. Modal Interchange is a music term that refers to non-diatonic chords that are placed into a chord progression by being borrowed from other parallel modes. For example, in a C ionian (major) progression you might have the following chord progression: Cmaj7, Fmaj7, Cmaj7. The roman numeral analysis of this progression would be I maj7, IV maj7, I maj7. If you changed the progression to Cmaj7, F-7, the
progression is still in C major, but the F-7 would be a IV minor chord borrowed from a parallel mode such as Aeolian (Natural minor). We have just finished a brief study of major diatonic harmony from our last lesson. Know that any scale type, or mode, can be used to create diatonic harmony and melody. Any and every mode such as Dorian, Lydian or any synthetic scale has its own diatonic melodic/harmonic structure. The principle is the same. The harmony/melody is constructed from the notes of the scale. Minor diatonic harmony is derived from the scales of the natural, harmonic, and melodic minors and will have different qualities for each chord than that of the major diatonic harmony. Below is a comparison of the major, natural minor, harmonic minor and ascending melodic minor scales and their respective diatonic harmony with Roman Numeral analysis.
Reasons for using Modal Interchange We dont usually approach composition from an analytical point. We write from some source of inspiration or experience, later we analyze what we have composed. When looking at the works of others we need a way to analyze the music. Using Modal Interchange gives us an easy way to analyze the harmonic structure.
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