Set up a normal cadence, then resolve 5⁷ deceptively to the borrowed b6 — and don't come back. The ear braces for home and gets a sunrise instead. Gospel and film scores love this door.
hear it in gospel bridges · film reveals
Lead-in — how players set it upBuild a textbook cadence — the more honest, the better the betrayal.Or double-set the trap: half cadence first, real cadence attempt second.Or sus the dominant so the betrayal lands out of stillness.Follow — where it usually goesTreat b6 as new 1 immediately: its 4 and 5 seal the deed.Furnish b6's house fast — its 2- and 5⁷ end the argument.Or use b6 as a bridge only, then re-trapdoor back home.
Sing toward the expected 1 — then land your melody on the 6- chord's 3rd instead: the deceptive door needs the voice to lie too.Target tones (in C)Dm7 — lean on F (b3) · C (b7)G7 — lean on B (3) · F (b7)Ab — lean on C (3)Db — lean on F (3)Ab — lean on C (3)Half-step wiresC ↘ B · G → Ab · B → C · C → Db · Db ↘ CAcross the borderhold these into Ab: C