Chords Question.?!
Question: How can I get from A flat Major to E flat major really nicely? (I know it's the dominant of A and everything, but I am just having a brain freeze).
Detail appreciated. Thank you!
Answers: How can I get from A flat Major to E flat major really nicely? (I know it's the dominant of A and everything, but I am just having a brain freeze).
Detail appreciated. Thank you!
Paul D is right, you could use an E between them You can get from E to Eb because it's a semitone side-slip, all the notes are only a half-step away.
Another way to get from Ab to Eb would be to put a ii V I into Eb (the second and fifth chord of the scale of Eb) - so;
Ab Fm Bb Eb. This works because Fm and Bb are present in both keys. Fm is chord 6 in Ab and chord 2 in Eb, and Bb is chord 2 in Ab (although it's actually Bb minor - but they're very similar) and chord 5 in Eb.
Another method is by using "seconday dominants" - chord 5 OF chord 5. The dominant (chord 5) of Ab is Eb, the dominant of Eb is Bb. Bb is handily the dominant of Eb! So you could just go Ab Bb Eb.
Another way is by using substitutions - these work due to shared notes in other chords. For instance you can substitute chord I for chord iii. In this case it would be Ab C Eb G Bb (if it's a major 9) and C Eb G Bb - you have the C Eb G and Bb in both chords! You can make use of that in the following chord sequence
Abmaj9 Cm7 Gm7 Eb9. This works because G is chord V of Cm - and G minor and major are pretty similar.
If you combine all those different methods you could have something like Ab Cm7 C7#9 F# Fm Bb7 E7b5 Ebmaj7
put an E6/9 in between them - bit jazzy perhaps?