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Message: [QUOTE="Mikeo1938, post: 199225, member: 1685"] Thanks very much for taking the trouble to reply in such detail to my query. Yes, the term 'signal chord' is something I made up but I'll read your explanation more thoroughly later. It's only in the fairly recent past that I've noticed when a song goes off somewhere else ... even when there's no change of key indicated formally. This middle 8 was one example and I'm gratified to know that I got it right. So in essence "we use the dominant chord of the incoming key to announce the transition". I'll play around with this and see how things go. I need some kind of firm rule to start with. The trouble is when people say things like "there's no such thing as a wrong note"! I can't remember now the famous jazz pianist who said this ... a way-out guy ... bit eccentric. It's just come to me - Thelonius Monk! This is all very well when you know what you're doing but I like simple rules. Having said all of that, I love playing the great standards (as best I can) on my Yamaha piano but also messing around with little phrases and transposing bits and pieces. Endless possibilities and endless fun. M [/QUOTE]