Jazz · R&B/SoulC → anywhere · demo lands on Ab (+8 FR)
new 2-7 → new 57 → new 1
Drop in the destination key's own 2- and 5⁷ and the ear accepts any arrival, however distant. Standards hop keys constantly on exactly this hinge. Demo shown landing on b6 — point it anywhere.
hear it in “All the Things You Are” — key travel as form
Lead-in — how players set it upAnywhere — that's the point. End a phrase, insert the module.Or extend the runway — the new key's 6-⁷ before its 2-⁷.Or tritone-sub the module's dominant for a chromatic touchdown.Follow — where it usually goesLand and immediately behave diatonically in the new key.Behave diatonically at once — 1, 4, 5 in the new key, no looking back.Or launch again — ii–V hops chain to anywhere on the map.
Sing the new key's 2–7–1 over the launched ii–V — the melody teaches the ear where you're going before you arrive.Target tones (in C)Cmaj7 — lean on E (3) · B (7)Bbm7 — lean on Db (b3) · Ab (b7)Eb7 — lean on G (3) · Db (b7)Abmaj7 — lean on C (3) · G (7)Half-step wiresC → Db · E → F · Ab ↘ G · G → Ab · Db ↘ CAcross the borderhold these into Ab: C