Be advised: at 1:04 I got carried away and made a mistake: it should be E# rather than Ex (E double sharp). EDIT: like Matt K West says somewhere else in the comments below... it was an "accidental mistake" lololol :)

Simply playing a major chord followed by the major chord a tritone away sounds so… EPIC.

That F double # joke got me to like instantly

I have to say I love the way you start your videos

A good example of tritone modulation is in Bohemian Rhapsody. The transition from solo to opera was a tritone apart and they modulated using a long , decending bassline

The Ministry of Lost Souls by Dream Theater employs a tritone modulation of sorts in the outro solo, but also uses chromatic mediant modulation to connect the original key and the tritone key. It starts in A minor, transitions through the chromatic mediant of C minor, and then into Eb minor, the chromatic mediant of C minor. So the ending is a tritone away from the starting point.

To ease the transition to the (#4/b5) takes away the stark contrast. The waiting to resolve is an approach unto itself. You are genius, sir. I can die now. Carry on!

That last sequence using borrowed chords as a segue to enharmonic keys sounded like a Brian Wilson trick at first blush. I have to give you a ton of credit my man. I have been playing guitar for over 30 years and can play a number of other instruments that I picked up along the way, but I have learned more interesting and highly applicable bits of music theory in the past 6 months or so from just having subscribed to your KZfaq channel - than I did in the first 6 years of my playing the instrument. Keep up the excellent content Cheers

1. Ex is actually enharmonic to F# with 12 tones. 2. Notice that the tritone substitute of a key has chords on both notes immediately adjacent to its root, then move up a semitone into the V of the new key.

"Follow My Way" by Chris Cornell has an epic modulation from Bb to E in the chorus. It just goes Bb - Dm - A - E. Works really well in the context of the song. Definitely recommend checking it out.

Your videos ALWAYS have an answer to my question. Knocked it out of the park again my man, thanks!

Man you are an encyclopaedia of music theory with a talent for packaging complex ideas in a way that makes perfect sense to those of my own ilk, I.e. the musically dyslexic. If I had you as my teacher 30 years ago I could travel back in time and be Mozart. I would also need a time machine and be Mozart. Speaking of unattainable wishes, if I had some chips, I could have fish and chips if I had some fish. Well that’s a straight red card for being far too silly, seriously though, you’re the best guitar theory teacher I’ve ever come across, and by some distance. Thank you.

Grazie Tommaso... sto guardando molti dei tuoi video e sono molto interessanti e istruttivi. Grazie mille per il tuo impegno. :)

THAT was the sound of so many British TV documentaries from my youth Sitting here slack jawed as I had no idea how it was done

The last one you did sounded the most smooth to my ears, and it wasn't even close!

I hate to contradict you because your videos are so good but F sharp major has an E sharp not an E double sharp.

I loved the fourth way, intermediate modulations, felt so good to my ears!!

I love this channel so much. In the project I'm working on now, I've used diminished chord modulation, chromatic mediants, and even some negative harmony tricks.

You make it simple, but it's not. Thanks so much. I practice everything you upload

Something you can also do to modulate from c-f# (or other keys a tritone away) is use chords a major third apart, so for example in C that would be, CM-EM-G#M-C#M-F#M.

This is excellent!

My favorite key is F###. Thanks for representing. Also, great vid man. 👌🏽

Great i was looking for this everywhere perfectly explained.💥💥

"Hello Internets, nice to see you!" Love this channel.

Thank you so much! 😊🙏

Wonderful as always, thank you Tomasso!

Geniale, Tommaso, sei geniale! *GRAZIE*

Really like that fourth one

This was super informative, as always!

Another great Video. Keep up the great work.

excelent video! last modulation sounds great!

Very helpful video... Thanks Tomasso

Hey Tommaso ! Excellent again ! You could make a video about how to use "linear"and "non-functional" chords in songs ? Thanks!

just found this channel seems legendary

Another great video, Sir. Thanks a lot

I usually go II to V in the key I want to modulate to. Key D >> Bbm Eb>> Key Ab. #thankyou 👍

12:00 I think it’s possible to change key using sub-dominant chords(Like C - F - Ab -> Eb - Ab - Cb -> Gb)

Totally agree about direct modulation. You should always feel free to just 'go for it' and see what happens, rather using the intellect immediately. Often it works or you can make it work, but perhaps in a way which you can't understand in terms of your formal understanding of music theory.

If Complete Chord Mastery was a book I would buy it. Same goes for Master of the Modes

Thank you for this🙂

Don't Stand So Close To Me by The Police modulates abruptly from chorus to verse by tritone and it sounds ok

This is so intressting. Keep it up man

Using Neapolitan (2nd inversion, Db) might also be suitable. C - Dm(7) - Db(7) - Gb(maj7)

Outstanding video! All are great! This one is totally practical application! As a solo guitarist (sometimes, I work with bands, too.) this info is invaluable! Makes total sense. Thanks so much! Wayne

I love the video

I liked immediately after you said F triple sharp.

Good

F### me, I cant thank you enough for your knowledge and willingness to share it!

Fun fact - you can say that A minor scale has notes A A## A### A##### A####### A######## A##########, and it's not wrong.

Great!

Diminished seven sounds good for me

Thank you baba

I just want to learn.... but yes smooth is nice. Also db7 and B diminished 7 sound very similar :)

3:58 Sounds like the doors for me

C major → C minor → Eb major → Eb minor → Gb major.

Your you tube videos are great ! very easy to follow and understand. How many episodes/months does your "Complete Chord Mastery " course last ?

As the F# is a tritone away from C, which means its the same distance if we go up and down. Can we modulete down three whole steps as well as down two minor thirds? So the modulation would look something like: C - Bb - Ab - Gb or C - A - Gb

Nice video! I must admitt I was doing even easier. I took just those tones/notes, which are only in common and use only them. In your case: F B, but to give it more texture, I would use F octave 3 (F3), B octave 4 (B4) and F octave 4 (F4), this will create a kind of unison F over B. This can be done also B3, F4, B4 - unison B over F. Or a bit tricky to play on Guitar, but possible F3, B3, F4, B4 or B3, F4, B4, F5 - either as 4 tone chords or arpeggios. Additionally I recognize, that this modulation even if is quite smooth, creates tension, but played over 2 bars (instead of one) removes tension. I am not saying is the best solution but worth to try :-).

I prefer C-Db7-Gb, the shortest way

So if you can modulate with chromatic, diminished, augmented, and tritones, basically any chord whose intervals are a factor of 12 can be used to modulate a key.

Great video. Grazie mille! But what’s an altered chord? Can’t remember what it’s.

I prefer the third modulation, but also both variants of the fourth sound pleasant to me. I am not a fan of the first two though.

So, if a song is in F# min Key, and the "bridge" part presents these chords chain C#Maj->DMaj->Eb min->EMaj, what type of modulation is It? I can't figure it out. Thanks for your help.

Do I understand correctly? When you say the V chords are "altered," you mean that the fifth tone has been raised or lowered one chromatic degree and the ninth tone has been raised or lowered one chromatic degree. Yes?

Sir plz explain what is a "double #" or a "double b" note??? I can't figure it out plz help me out.

What's with the double sharp? E# is F

Excelent video! Just one thing! The seventh of F Sharp Major is E Sharp. Not E double Sharp

Do you have any lessons on phrygian?

Wouldn’t D-flat or C# major be the same in that it also has 2 notes in common with C major? D flat has C and F. Two notes in common with C.

How about Hb 7b9 E 7b9 instead of G7?

Hi. I started watching, But had to leave it right after you wrote the sharp version for the flat key of Gb. In the Last note of the F sharp major key, you wrote E “double sharp” But in that case of F sharp major, the seventh now should just be E sharp not double sharp right ?

Could you please add Hungarian subtitles for the scale spellings? Where is H?

Hello what mean about gM7altered?

in the first example, 3:58 in the direct modulation... my ear tells me to go to F after playing that C

Am i the only one who hears the example at 4:07 to be in B major? The C# chord that is supposed to be the dominant chord sounds more like a secondary dominant to me leading to the V of B major, with that being F#.

What about the key of C# ?

Nice, but can you tell what an ALT chord is??

Again so great 😀 Please try to make a boring lesson - you will fail ... 😇😉

Wait, isn’t E double sharp the same as F#? Wouldn’t it be E# for the key of F# Major?

The major seventh in the key of F# is not Ex, it is E#. There are no double sharps in any major scale. Of course I know that this was just a slip of the white board. :-)

In f# major there is no e double sharp (its equivalent to f#) rather it has e#.

7:25 a G7#5 ? Do my ears still work correctly ? 😅😅

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Would "Hosanna" from Jesus Christ Super star count? (the verse)

E sharp not double sharp. Or am I missing something?

I don't know what a TriTone is nor how do I find or figure out what a TriTone is on the Fretboard?

Its E# not Ex though.

Since when is the seventh note of the F# Major scale, E *double* sharp … ?! It’s only a single sharp (E#), is it not … ?!?!!

where is your accent from?

The translation of the titles to Portuguese are WROG. What a shame.

Huh?

Never mind! Ignore my stupid comments, haha

Tips hat to f###

There are no double Flats in G flat minor. That's two pretty substantial mistakes in the first couple minutes of your video. It will be confusing to people that don't know better.