Originally Posted by King Conga
I'm mainly concerned with the Chorus which starts at bar 17, and goes thru bar 34, then resolves on the Amaj7 at 35 and back into a verse, which is truncated a bit. I'm planning to extend it another round (2 bars per chord, just like the 1st verse). Then, at 43 (DMaj7) I want to put a Bridge there that resolves at 51. I like the descension of the DMaj7, C#m7, Bm7, and the resolution to Amaj7. I'm trying to think of a fading Outro, or a sudden full stop. Any Ideas?
It's a bridge, which is generally going to be contrasting material.

You want it to smoothly return to the original key, so that usually means something like at V7-I back into to Amaj7. That could be E7 Amaj7, but that's certainly not the only option.

But instead of worrying about that, I'd figure what key/feel I wanted the bridge to be in, and then work out what shims need to be put in to make it transition back. Heck, you even just do a hard jump back to A major and not worry about the transition at all.

Worry less about the theory, and just find something that you think sounds good. Music theory is most useful when you're stuck and are trying to figure something out, like how to make a modulation work. But it's generally better if you can just trust your ears instead of relying on what amounts to musical cliches.


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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?