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In music, chromatic mediants are "altered mediant and submediant chords." A chromatic mediant relationship defined conservatively is a relationship between two sections and/or chords whose roots are related by a major third or minor third, and contain one common tone (thereby sharing the same quality, i.e. major or ...
What is a chromatic mediant modulation?
In a common-tone modulation, the two chords connecting the two keys are typically in a chromatic mediant relationship. Chromatic mediants are chords with roots a third apart that share only one common tone and have the same quality (both are major or both are minor).
How do you resolve a mediant chord?
The movement of an unstable chord to a more stable chord is called resolution. So, the resolution of the chromatic mediant chord is simply its movement to a more stable chord. The chromatic mediant chord in the major key can be resolved to the 6-chord in the key.
