F♯ major · Modal interchange
Borrowed chords in F sharp major
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F♯ Lydian shares 6 of its 7 notes with F♯ major. One note apart, so these chords sound like a gentle shift of colour.
Outside the key:
Outside the key:
- Vmaj7
Outside the key:
- vii
Outside the key:
- vii7
Outside the key:
- II
Outside the key:
- II7
Outside the key:
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F♯ Mixolydian shares 6 of its 7 notes with F♯ major. One note apart, so these chords sound like a gentle shift of colour.
- v
Outside the key: E
- v7
Outside the key: E
- E
Outside the key: E
- Emaj7
Outside the key: E
- I7
Outside the key: E
- iii°
Outside the key: E
- iiiø7
Outside the key: E
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F♯ Dorian shares 5 of its 7 notes with F♯ major. Two notes apart: a clear change of colour without leaving home.
- vi°
Outside the key: A
- viø7
Outside the key: A
- i
Outside the key: A
- i7
Outside the key: A E
- A
Outside the key: A E
- Amaj7
Outside the key: A E
- B7IV7
Outside the key: A
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F♯ Aeolian shares 4 of its 7 notes with F♯ major. Further away, so these chords sound darker or stranger against the key.
- D
Outside the key: D A
- Dmaj7
Outside the key: D A
- E7
Outside the key: E D
- ii°
Outside the key: D
- iiø7
Outside the key: D
- Bmiv
Outside the key: D
- Bm7iv7
Outside the key: D A
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F♯ Phrygian shares 3 of its 7 notes with F♯ major. Further away, so these chords sound darker or stranger against the key.
- v°
Outside the key: E G
- vø7
Outside the key: E G
- Em
E G B
Outside the key: E G
- Em7
E G B D
Outside the key: E G D
- G
G B D
Outside the key: G D
- Gmaj7
Outside the key: G D
- A7
Outside the key: A E G
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F♯ Harmonic Major shares 6 of its 7 notes with F♯ major. One note apart, so these chords sound like a gentle shift of colour.
- D+
Outside the key: D
Outside the key: D
- vii°7
Outside the key: D
- BmMaj7ivmaj7
Outside the key: D
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F♯ Melodic Minor shares 6 of its 7 notes with F♯ major. One note apart, so these chords sound like a gentle shift of colour.
- imaj7
Outside the key: A
- A+
Outside the key: A
Outside the key: A
How borrowed chords sound
A borrowed chord keeps the tonic and changes the colour. The note it brings in is a note of the parallel scale, so the ear hears the same home with a different light on it. The minor iv and the flat VI are the classic examples: the moment a major key turns wistful without going anywhere.
In the app, section 2 teaches modal mixture: naming borrowed chords, hearing the borrowed colour, and where mixture sits on the tonic, subdominant and dominant axis.