Set up the relative minor with its dominant, then land on 6 MAJOR instead — the Picardythird — and keep going as if it were home all along. Bright, uncanny, very Beatles-and-Bacharach.
hear it in Beatles & Bacharach turns into the light
Lead-in — how players set it upLean into the minor setup — 2ø or 4- ahead of the 3⁷ helps.Or reach 3⁷ off 1 — the sunrise needs no minor preamble.Or approach via the mini ii–V: 7ø⁷ before the 3⁷.Follow — where it usually goesThe major 6 needs its own 4 and 5⁷ quickly to hold the sunrise.Hold one shadow — the new key's 6- recalls the old gloom.Or treat the garden as a bridge and trapdoor home after eight bars.
Raise the minor's b3 to 3 in the melody one bar early — the Picardy works best when the voice turns the light on first.Target tones (in C)E7 — lean on G# (3) · D (b7)A — lean on C# (3)D — lean on F# (3)E7 — lean on G# (3) · D (b7)Half-step wiresG# → A · D ↘ C# · C# → D · A ↘ G#Across the borderhold these into A: E