Pop · Gospel · R&BC → anywhere · demo lands on D (+2 FR)
old 1 → new 57 → new 1
The universal adapter: whatever key you want, play ITS dominant 7 for one bar and the landing sounds inevitable. This is how most 'smooth' pop key changes are actually wired. Demo shown up a whole step — works to any destination.
hear it in “Golden Lady” (Stevie Wonder) — ramp after ramp
Lead-in — how players set it upWorks after any settled 1 — the ramp does all the labor.Or precede the ramp with the new key's 2-⁷ — full ii–V runway.Or sus the ramp itself: new 5sus melting to new 5⁷.Follow — where it usually goesConfirm with a quick 4 → 5⁷ → 1 in the new key.Seal with a plagal tag so the new floor feels furnished.Or treat the arrival as a vamp and let the groove confirm it.
Target the new 5⁷'s 3rd early — it's the note that announces the ramp before the chord confirms it.Target tones (in C)C — lean on E (3)A7 — lean on C# (3) · G (b7)D — lean on F# (3)Half-step wiresC → C# · C# → D · G ↘ F#Across the borderno shared tonic tones with D — cut clean and re-land