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Originally Posted by Leon Grizzard
Purely personal, but I have never liked the "borrowing" terminology. Pointing out the use of the chord in a parallel mode makes it understandable, I know. I just think of it as there are moves outside of the diatonic chords. I mean, if you borrow the bVII chord, do you return it to the dorian, aeolian, or mixolydian mode? What is it supposed to do in the meantime, while your major key has it?
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And that's a very salient point. The terms borrowing and interchange are really more for finding melody notes (soloing?). And definitely in the case of
interchange (via Berklee) -
burning over that G chord in A major. If you know the chord comes from an A minor mode you can rip a nice in A minor line/lick over it.
Also, to reiterate, when I play 'pop' music of ANY kind - and that includes jazz - I would never think of that G being outside or borrowed. At this point in music history it's just way too common.