One of the best intros to modulating key changes on KZfaq. If you’re learning jazz, this is where you start.

Sorry for the crackles here and there, guys! I didn't calibrate the input levels on my sound card correctly so you'll here a few minor pops here and there.

This teacher here in this video. I owe him big-time ..... not just for the golden teachings in this video, but every other one of his videos. He REALLY knows music - and probably is prodigy material as well. It's an honour to see these videos.

Excellent! I absolutely love music theory. I write/record my own music...and when I first started 10 years ago, I thought, "I don't need music theory...I'll just play from my heart. I don't need those stuffy old rules. Music isn't about rules." How wrong I was.... I soon realized how limited I was not knowing the theory. So...I invested thousands of hours of study into every aspect of music theory. Once my head was full to the brim, I could finally "forget" all the rules and simply play from my heart. But this time, those rules were deep within me...and came out without me trying. The best composers are great because of HOW they break the rules. If you just break the rules as you wish...it'll sound chaotic and lame. But, if you break rules in creative interesting ways, it adds massive dimension to your music. Modulation is something I haven't studied much....but I'm trying to dig into it now. This video sure helps. For anyone who wishes to hear an amazing example of modulation in a pop song....listen to The Beatles' "Penny Lane." McCartney used TONS of modulation in that song....something like 7 or 8 key changes in the entire song. Yet, it's so tastefully and deftly done that the result still sounds smooth and harmonious. That song is a perfect case study for how modulation can add depth to a song.

I love how it sounds and how it transposed in another key. The thing is all the outcome is very different but relaxing.

You are one of the best music teacher ever. You have no idea how your previous tutorials have helped me. Thanks a lot for sharing.

2:56 is divine to listen and amazing to learn and play...! I have been learning music for past 10 years now and I have started learning music theory more deeper than ever. It is really amazing to unfold many such theory in music that actually add more depth to your music. Another great video from Mangold project. Thank you so much!

Hi poposki, Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate it! I'm going to try and keep a more continuous presence here on KZfaq in the future with new videos coming out every week or so.

AMAZING, watching this from Mexico in 2020, thank you!

Thank you for this lesson, this is exactly what I was looking for.

Wow! I’ve always struggled with changing keys smoothly! This is genius!! You are awesome 😎

Total Respect! Thanks for teaching this technique. It's useful for both playing and songwriting. Thanks again

This is the most helpful video I've watched on the subject so far, thanks man!

Thanks so so much. Absolutely excellent, you make me understand theory perfectly in every tutorial. I have fought how to change keys in my playing over years,yet i have not overcome. What is shocking is that, i play all the 2 5 1 progressions in all twelve keys,but never knew i could change keys through this means. You have helped me greatly improve my piano playing and here you are today again making another mark in my piano life. Thanks so much sir.

Sir you are my first teacher of 🎹. U are very professional in music but decribing it in simple simple way.. thanks

Yes, I just tried it. It worked very well. Thank you very much. Very well explained. I look forward to more great tips.

So you're back!! Great!! Your way of teaching is amazing..

Really well explained!!! very good way to teaching!!! Bravo!!

Awesome video. Thank you! The modulations are smooth as well.

I understand it so much better now. Thank you!!

This is so amazing!!! Love it, thanks!

OMG thank you so much! I've been looking everywhere for someone to explain this 🙏🏻

Amazing trick! Thanks for sharing

Great video. Would you mind posting the exact chord voicings you're using on the 2 and 5 chords?

Thanks for the video! This is very inspiring and interesting!

Great tutorial. Very helpful!

The video was very helpful, you were very clear. Thanks a lot.

Thanks for the info I've been practising a song and didn't realize I was doing that all the time.

Excellent video as always. You teach musical concepts that others try make out to be very difficult, which aren't when broken down. thanks again. Btw, your new cat is adorable.

Thank you! I was floundering with figuring out how to do this.

This is awesome thanks so much for clearing this up

Very helpful tutorial. Thanks man! :)

Great video for clarity for the beginner :)

Fantastic and very easy to follow love you xx

God bless you, brother

Great lesson!! Thanx!

So cool, thank you so much man !

That's so cool! And really musical

Great video. Would you mind posting the exact chord voicings you're using on the 2 and 5 chords in this example? Doesn't sound like straight Fm9/Dm9 on the 2s or straight G on that last 5.

Thanks! It helped me a lot!

Excellent video as always Mangold, do you have any songwriting secrets of modulating between minor keys? Could be natural, harmonic or melodic minors? Thank you very much! Best Regards

thanks for sharing this video... it is nice tutorial im looking for

Beautiful! Learned a lot! Thank you so much!

Thank you so much .for sharing your musical experience. I have learned so much from your videos. I am just a 81 yr. old hobbyist with a passion for musical expression. Richard

A great technique. Thanks for the lesson!

Great video, thank you

wow this is what i need.. i am so happy that i found this short lesson.. thank you very much...

Amazing. Thank you for the lesson!

Fantastic, thank you. So it's 2 5 1 of the key to be transitioned to (from any other key?). Why from C Dm G do you refer to D as minor? Simply because in C key signature, a Dorian mode has no sharps nor flats? The G will only be sorta G major (with a natural at the top)?

Splendid video.

I started one of your videos & wrote down Ab GBbCEbG then my computer either acted up or I hit a button & lost that video. If you know which video started that way, please let me know. I love your videos. Thank you so much.

Wow! Thanks for this man

Good stuff as always, back in my composition days I used to like to throw in a dom7 on one of the existing chords and use that to pivot; say on the last beat of that chord. Thanks for these videos !

Sounds very good! I wonder if it works like that on a simple triads chords! Because you used tetra chords! Thx

This video helped me a lot! THX!

Just subscribed! I've always been clumsy with transitioning between keys so this is really helpful :)

thank you so much, this is helps a lot.

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On KZfaq I have found quite a few Tutorials for modulating, like changing smoothly from a key half a step up, etc. and this is one of them - However, none of the instructors explain how this would apply to minor scales, as I play a lot more in minor than in major. Any tips?

wow, thats awesome!! Thanks

Thanks for the great instructions 🌷 God bless you.

Your videos are from really good quality! They are really helpful, you should keep doing videos like this.. God bless you

By the way, what Keyboard/ Digital Piano do you use? It sounds too perfect to a grand piano. Please let us know. Thanks

Excellent!

Thank you so much for this video. it's so helpful!! I've got a short question: does 2 5 1 works for minor keys too? If not, which is the way to modulate in a minor key? Thank you a lot!

Question: how do you chose when to do the 2 of the next key? In the first example you did the Fm after the Am and its sounds good But if i throw the second minor of the next key (fm) after another chord of the previous key it doesnt sound right

Hellow. These videos are really helping me. But please help me, I am very new in learning piano. Hw do I go back to the very first videos ?

Very good video, It's interesting how you choose the chords to introduce change, for example, c-am-dm-g-c-em-am-*fm-Bb-Eb....

Brilliant 😊🙏

Nothing more driving than a key change modulation.

Hi. If I want from Am to C#m, what should I do? 2nd degree of c#m is d# and fifth degree is g#. It means that I shoud play d#, g#, c# for changing in this minor scale?

Minute . 2:57 Hola , una pregunta usas acordes con 7 menor para la mayoría de las progresiones , aunque en la anotacion no la pones. Estoy en lo correcto?? gracias por todo tu conocimiento.

It sounds great when you change up the voicing and make it a 9, a Sus, or a 7 but how do you decide which gets what flavor and when? I don't seem to see a pattern to it. Is it just that you develop a sense as you practice or...?

Amazing Loved it

Excellent ! Thank you.

great lesson thanks a lot, I have 2 questions, - if I was in key of Am which is the relative minor for Cmaj, would the 2 5 1 still be (Dm-G-C) or it changes to (Bdim-Emin-Amin). - is there another way to mdulate because moving from Am to Fm doesn't sound smooth to me, thanks again for this video

Thank you

4:53 - what's the specific name of the chord if there's C and G on top?

Very good

You should do more videos for composers! Thanks

Your videos have helped me a lot, I am a student of classical music but I belong to a group at my church and your teachings have helped me a lot, thank you for sharing your knowledge, use the Google Translate My English is bad, every time I hope your video forward to learn much more, thanks ...

What happens if the target key you’re modulating has a ii chord that is diminished? I noticed in Yesterday by the Beatles, McCartney goes from F to D minor but uses as an E minor and A7 for the 2 and 5. But the 2 chord in D minor is E diminished?

As usual you have been fantastic in exploring music in the most simpler way. Thanks. Can you help in deciding on what notes should I play as a melody on those new scale transition chords ? I do not want a gape in my melody line.

thank you for this nice way to learn progression well done !!

I have no idea wtf he's talking about but what he's playing sounds really nice

Interesting concept. Well taught! I was wondering whether we could modulate to any possible key from any possible key. If not, it would be great if someone could explain. Thank you.😊

Interesting thank you, what does one do to go into a minor then back to major, I am dying to know. Thank you for sharing this.

Amazing! But I'm in waaay over my head right now lol :o

Could you explain how you could change keys from starting out on a minor scale? or does this only work when only starting on a major scale? I'm a little confused because lets say I wanted to start a song in A minor would the A now be the Tonic center instead of the C?

Thanks, this is so helpful! I'm writing a GCSE jazz piece and want to change from the key of Eb major - which keys could I go into?

That what I want to know, thanks

I don't want to sound overly critical but basically what i got from this video is that to modulate from C major to its parallel minor, you have to especially use as a transition the cadence(from Eb ionian)ii - V of the parallel minor? Can it be used to modulate to other keys other than the one in the circle of 4th/5th or parallel major/minor Is there a way to do it from a far away key or into harmonic/melodic minor?

Cool !

Question, must this modulation be done after the 6th degree of the original key? I noticed you played the 2 5 1 of the next key only after the 6 degree of the current key. Thanks

so if i was going to apply this to a circle of fourths practice, would it go like this? each chord being a whole note, and my progression is 6 2 5 1: Amin7, Dmin7, G7, Cmaj7, Amin7, Dmin7, Gmin7, C7, Fmaj7 where the Gmin7 and C7 are the 2-5 of Fmaj7 and the last Fmaj7 is on the downbeat of a new 8 bars.

When you go back to C major, why do you play D minor instead of D major?

Thanks for the explanation. I wasn't trying to do anything in particular. I was just experimenting with what I saw in your video. The way you do many modulations near the end of the video starting at the 5:18 minute mark was excellent. Are there any more of your videos that show something along those lines.

Hello, how are you doing mate? Thanks for sharing, I was wondering how is this relation on minor keys, does it work as well? Thanks

I thoroughly enjoy learning from your videos, Sir :) Could you also tell us to what other keys we could modulate to? Are there any limitations on the same? :) Cheers from India :)

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