Originally Posted by: Sleepers HillI am at the end of guitar fundamentals two and I am feeling pretty confident with key signatures etc and barre chords and the Magic L etc.[/quote][p]Congrats on making it through GF 1 & 2!
[quote=Sleepers Hill]However, I am slighyl confused today I was playing a barre chord progression of A major C major and d major. If this is in the Key of A surely c major would sound off in this sequence but it doesnt it fits perfectly. Can anyone advise or am I taking the Magic L too seriously?
You discovered a modulation. :)[br][br]Not every note or chord of a piece of music (or song) has to be in one key signature. In fact this is where most music gets it's characteristic twist or spice: a note or chord that's not in the key signature! And if it sounds good, then you play it!
Lisa's magic L concept only covers I-IV-V chord progressions. And that's fine, because that where we all start. We have to learn the most basic chord progressions in order to get started. And the most basic progressions have notes & chords that are all in one scale or key signature.
But eventually, you learn that you can play notes or chords that are not in the key signature. And those are modulations. I cover the basics of chord progressions & how modulations work in this tutorial.
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=495
I cover how a one chord modulation works in a key signature in this tutorial.
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=843
I use the specific modulation of the flat III in a major key in this tutorial on improvisation.
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2318
Hope that helps!
Christopher Schlegel
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