I agree that both ways are valid, so I'm not trying to make the point that I'm "right". Just pointing out that for me it makes more sense to think of the Am as the VI chord.

Take a song like Summertime, key of Am. Finally, when it goes to the CMaj (on so "hush" ...), that to me is going to the I chord which makes more sense than it going to the bIII chord.


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Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.