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- What are modulations in music?
- What is sequential modulation?
- What is mediant modulation?
- What is a tertiary modulation?
What are modulations in music?
Modulation, in music, the change from one key to another; also, the process by which this change is brought about. Modulation is a fundamental resource for variety in tonal music, particularly in larger forms. A short piece such as a song, hymn, or dance may remain in a single key.
What is sequential modulation?
"A passage in a given key ending in a cadence might be followed by the same passage transposed (up or down) to another key," this being known as sequential modulation. ... A sequential modulation is also called rosalia. The sequential passage will begin in the home key, and may move either diatonically or chromatically.
What is 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).
What is a tertiary modulation?
Ah, well while studying Schubert at school, I was introduced to the term 'tertiary' modulation, which is a modulation to a key a major third up or down, but mainly used in the descending form, certainly by Schubert (ie C major to A flat major).
