Week 9^th

Date:15^th October

This week we looked at Non-diatonic Chord Progession. The different types are: “Secondary dominant (V7) and Borrowed chords( Parallel)” 1. This shows variety of chords and how you can grab/borrow a chord that is not part of the original scale. This is done to make it more interesting. One of The example given in class for the major key in borrowed chords were “Royals by Lorde” this is because the chords are I, bVII, IV 2 . For the minor key, an example is “Get Away Car by Taylor Swift originally in major uses borrowed chords from a minor key 3. That concluded the lesson.  

References

1 Robyn Habel, “Harmony Part 3; Non Diatonic Chord Progressions” (lecture presented at the course Song Writing and Performance 1B, Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide, October 15^th , 2019).

2 Lorde, 2013. Royals. [Sound Recording] (Lava Republic Universal Virgin).

3 Swift, T., 2018. Getaway Car. [Sound Recording] (Big Machine).