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March 11, 2026
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Chansing Dai

March 11, 2026

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  1. Using Half Step 1. Altered the Blues like John Coltrane

    F7 in minor could appear as a scale degree, in classic music, it could also be interpreted as F6# which is an Italian 6 chord that decorated the dominant 7th chord.
  2. Italian 6 could also worked as decorative half step down

    for key change. Look at the example down below and the interpretation.
  3. 1. Sequential Half-step down in Neo-classical contemporary In such an

    example, we can usually use modulatable motif. The motif could be modulated down or the key note in motif could come from different chord tone from the progression. Try to wrote a line for the its minor mirror and have a fun!