The Diatonic Trapdoor

deceptive, but family
Pop Ballad · Soul
cadence color
5 → 6- (the inside deceptive)

Set up the cadence, then land on 6- instead of home — every note diatonic, and the room still gasps. The Deceptive Door's stay-at-home sibling: same trapdoor, no borrowed chords, and you can walk back to 1 whenever you like.

movesthe leading tone still rises to 1 — but the bass walks up to 6 underneath itsolo·singhold your melody note across the trapdoor — most of them survive the fallon recordSomeone Like You — Adele (the chorus lean lives on this hinge)try itIn your final chorus, resolve one 5 to 6- before the real landing.
C1
F4
G5
Am6-
F4
G5
C1
Play this on the neck in Key Change Lab →

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