10-18-2013, 03:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-18-2013, 03:51 AM by crazysam23.)
(10-18-2013, 03:37 AM)Grungie Wrote: Wait, so is it off key, or what?No. The key is Emajor. You didn't change keys or anything by adding an Ab chord. Just because a chord isn't considered "diatonic" (read: safe) doesn't mean it screws up the key.
Think of it as borrowing the Ab from another key. The home chord of your progression (in this case, E because the progression feels at "home" on E) is what dictates the key. All you're doing by bringing in the Ab chord is spicing things up a little. It's like adding hot peppers to a pizza; it makes the pizza interesting. You're doing the same thing here, adding an Ab to your progression to make it interesting.
Make sense?