Modal mixture

In music theory, modal mixture (sometimes a borrowed chord or modal interchange) is the practice of substituting a minor chord in for a major one or vice versa in any given key. In the key of F, one could substitute A for Am. This would be the use of modal mixture. In Cm, E could be substituted for the normal Ebm.

## Example[edit]

In the song None by Elevation Church, the chorus features modal mixture.

You are the One
6        4
Who knows my need

Before I call

You tell the storm
6       4
When it will cease

Before it starts

The God above
6        4
Who searches me

Within my heart

The highest praise
6     4
Cannot proclaim

How great You are!

[Chorus]

There is none like You

None like You

The faithful One

Jesus

There is none like You

None like You

The faithful One

Jesus

## See also[edit]

* Nashville notation