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Old 12-07-2017, 10:16 AM
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Hi, I Have a chord progression for my latest song that I don't know the parent key of?

Its A6 ( 5x465x ) to Bbmaj7 for the versus and then switches to Cmaj7 to Gmaj7 for a chorus

Does it have a parent key or is it what they call modal?

Thanks in advance.
Could be modal in nature...How long are these chords hanging around? What are the melody notes? That stuff matters.

Just seeing it on paper, if I was say, called into the studio to record a solo on it, I'd be addressing every chord as a seperate entity and not concerning myself with a parent "key" very much.

Btw, that's my favorite 6th chord shape!
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