Mode mixture
Borrowing chords from the parallel key, such as iv or flat VI in a major key.
- Category
- Chords and harmony
- First taught in
- 8.5 Borrow a chord from minor
- Theory cards
- Borrowing from the parallel minor (Level 8)
In the lessons
1 lesson and 1 piece where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 8.5 | Borrow a chord from minorMoment musical in F minor, D. 780 No. 3, Franz Schubert |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 8.5 | Borrowed chords |
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