There are substitutes for the 1-chord in the major key and we’re covering them in this lesson.
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Today, let’s talk about borrowed chords.
They are chords literally borrowed from what we call the “parallel” minor or major key.
Let’s not mix up “parallel” with “relative.”
If we were in the key of C, as we’ve learned in other lessons, A, the 6th degree of C, is the relative minor of C. Likewise, C is the relative major of A. That’s not what we’re talking about here.
Parallel keys have the same tonic note… or home base. That means…
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