Barry Manilow uses the half-step up modulation on the last chorus in
practically every tune. It's true there's nothing inherently wrong
with that device, but when it becomes a crutch, an easy way to give a
boost to the end of every single tune, it gets real old real fast.
Stevie Wonder often ends with an upwards modulation but he mixes it
up -- sometimes going up a whole step instead of a half step, or
going up a series of half steps. And since he doesn't do it every
damn time, it's a lot more effective.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 22 Nov 2007, at 8:32 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
On Nov 22, 2007, at 8:01 AM, Mark D Lew wrote:
On Nov 21, 2007, at 5:57 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Barry Manilow (over)uses the previous tonic to become the new
leading tone when he modulates up a semitone, which is widely
considered to be tasteless these days.
Really? That's tasteless? It seems perfectly fine to me. Rather
ordinary, true, but what's wrong with ordinary?
Heh, heh! It's overused, and anything overused gets old and by
extension, tasteless. "In the Mood" is perfectly fine tune, but
overplaying has taken the shine off it.
Is good old II-V-I tasteless now, too?
Depends on your circle. 8-)
Christopher
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