Changing Key

Where to modulate from C major, four ways to get there — pivot chord, chromatic, direct shift, enharmonic — and where modulation belongs in a piece.

What's inside

• Where to go from C major, with the three near-neighbour keys highlighted
• Four ways to modulate — pivot chord, chromatic, direct phrase shift, and enharmonic — with a worked example of each
• Four steps for making a modulation convincing, from approaching through the new key's own V to giving the new key time
• Where modulation belongs across binary, ternary, sonata and rondo forms, plus how to spot one in a score