Rock · Punk · ArenaC → anywhere · demo lands on F (+5 FR)
target's b3 → b7 → 4 → 1
Pick a destination, then approach it by climbing its own stacked-fourths ladder — three borrowed majors marching rootward in fourths until the new tonic is simply the next rung. The double plagal turned into a vehicle: the same chain that decorates a key can deliver you to one.
hear it in arena-rock ramp-ins · punk gear changes
Lead-in — how players set it upCut to the ladder's first rung cold — context arrives rung by rung.Or overlap: the old key's b7 doubles as the ladder's middle rung.Or announce the ladder with power chords — the arena version.Follow — where it usually goesThe landing is plagal-flavored — seal it with the new 5⁷ once.Vamp the top two rungs — b7 and 4 keep the new key breathing.Or climb straight past — the ladder never runs out of rungs.
Ride the ladder singing each chord's 5th — fourths in the bass, a calm high line on top, landing on the new 1.Target tones (in C)Ab — lean on C (3)Eb — lean on G (3)Bb — lean on D (3)F — lean on A (3)Half-step wiresAb ↘ G · Eb ↘ D · Bb ↘ AAcross the borderhold these into F: C