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<span class="text"> [[Voice Leading]]</span>
<span class="text"> [[Modulation]]</span>
<span class="text current"> [[Non-Diatonic Chords]]</span>
<span class="text"> [[Modes]]</span>
<span class="text"> [[Exotic Scales]]</span>
<span class="text"> [[Solo'ing]]</span>
<span class="text"> [[Extended Chords]]</span>
<span class="text"> [[Odd-time Signatures|Odd-Time]]</span>
<span class="text"> [[Syncopation and Polyrhythm|Syncopation]]</span>
<span class="text"> [[Atonality and Serialism|Atonality]]</span>
<span class="text"> [[Equal Temperament and Alternate Tunings|Tuning Systems]]</span>
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Strict diatonic note and chord selection provides a gigantic amount of possibility for song-writing and solo'ing; however, it still places us inside a box that we occasionally want to escape. ''Non-diatonic chords'' allow us to do so. For any key, the possibilities for non-diatonic chords are huge. We limit ourselves to a few popular examples listed below. These fall under one of a few categories.