The 2⁷ that used to visit the 5 chord now hands over the keys. One sharp brighter, classic for a lifted final section or a classical-style second theme.
hear it in classical second themes · country final choruses
Lead-in — how players set it up2⁷ lands best approached from 6- or 4.Or sharpen the runway: 6-⁷ then 2⁷ — the ii–V of the 5 key.Or arrive off a half cadence — the parked 5 becomes a doorway.Follow — where it usually goesSeal it: new-key 4 → 5⁷ → 1, brighter by one sharp.Brighter still: repeat the trick from the new key's 2⁷.Or relax home later — the new 4 is old 1, an easy walk back.
Climb into the lift: old 4, old 5, land the new 3rd — the melody arrives one note before the key does.Target tones (in C)C — lean on E (3)D7 — lean on F# (3) · C (b7)G — lean on B (3)Half-step wiresG ↘ F# · F# → G · C ↘ BAcross the borderhold these into G: G