Modal Interchange Explained With Real Music Examples! 🎶

🎹 Modal Interchange EXPLAINED! | Borrowed Chords, Mode Mixture & Emotional Harmony 🎼

Welcome to the ultimate guide on Modal Interchange – also known as mode mixture or borrowed chords. In this video, we’ll explore how composers borrow chords from parallel modes to add colour, depth, and emotional contrast to their music – without changing key! From Renaissance polyphony to Romantic symphonies, and from jazz standards to film scores and pop hits, modal interchange has shaped music across centuries and styles.

🌟 Whether you’re a pianist, composer, music theory enthusiast, or just curious about how harmony works, this in-depth tutorial will help you:

Understand the modes from brightest to darkest (Lydian to Locrian) 🌈

Discover how modal borrowing works across genres

Learn how to apply it to your own writing and playing

Explore powerful examples from Haydn, Debussy, Schubert, The Beatles, Chopin, Radiohead, John Williams, and more!

🧠 We’ll break down the theory, the emotional effects, and the historical development, with real-world examples and musical illustrations throughout.

🎵 Start unlocking your creative harmonic voice with modal interchange today!
Don't miss the second part of this topic in my video: How to use Modal Interchange? a composer's guide:
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Useful websites:
Modal Interchange chart:
https://modal-interchange-chart.com/

Circle of fifths chart:
https://muted.io/circle-of-fifths/

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:30 Definition
03:44 Solar System Vs. Tonal System
05:40 Foundations: The Musical Modes
07:06 Understanding the Greek Modes - History
09:24 Modes Ordered from Bright to Dark
10:04 How the semitones affect the modes
13:32 Main and Secondary Chords in Mode Mixture
15:00 Useful Websites
18:52 Examples of Aeolian and Phrygian
20:34 A brief history of Modal Interchange
21:38 Picardy Third
23:04 Baroque Period
24:29 Neapolitan Chord (♭II)
26:57 Classical Period (1750-1820)
28:07 Romantic Period (1820-1900)
32:48 20th Century & Modern (Modal Revival)
42:34 Musical Theatre
43:25 Jazz
46:00 Film Music
49:01 Game Music
50:13 Why Does Modal Interchange Work?
53:35 Shared Tonic and Close Relations
55:19 Common Tones
57:22 Transformations or voice-leading
59:28 Difference between Modulation and Modal Interchange
01:32 Key Takeaways