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Modulation (music)

arts Maturity 7-9

Music can change its sound.

Key change example.png
Key change example.png
It moves from one key to another. This makes songs more fun to hear. It helps a song feel new. Do you like when music changes?

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File:Modulation vocal music example duple labelled.png
Modulation vocal music example duple labelled.png
File:Key change example.png
Key change example.png
File:Chopin - Prelude in C minor opening modulation.png
Chopin - Prelude in C minor opening modulation.png
File:Common-chord modulation in Tchaikovsky, Mazurka Op. 39, No. 10.png
Common-chord modulation in Tchaikovsky,...
File:Common chord modulation in Mozart, Sonata in D Major, K. 284, III, m. 1-8.png
Common chord modulation in Mozart, Sonata...
File:Schubert - op.9 D.365, mm.17-24 German sixth modulation.png
Schubert - op.9 D.365, mm.17-24 German...
File:Schubert - op. 29, D.804, I, mm.144-49 enharmonic modulation.png
Schubert - op. 29, D.804, I, mm.144-49...
File:Schubert - Op.163 (D.956), i common-tone modulation.png
Schubert - Op.163 (D.956), i common-tone...
File:Common tone modulation between chromatic mediants in Mozart K 475.png
Common tone modulation between chromatic...
File:Chromatic modulation in Bach BWV 300, m. 5-6.png
Chromatic modulation in Bach BWV 300, m. 5-6.png
File:Mozart - K.331, III, mm.6-10 phrase modulation.png
Mozart - K.331, III, mm.6-10 phrase modulation.png
File:Sequential modulation in Beethoven, Sonata Op. 53, movement I.png
Sequential modulation in Beethoven,...

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