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- 1 How do you Enharmonically modulate?
- 2 How do you modulate a minor to a major?
- 3 How do you modulate from G major to C major?
- 4 How do you transition from a minor to a relative major?
- 5 How do you modulate from a minor to a relative major?
- 6 What is modulation and how is it taught?
- 7 What is the harmonic outline of the a minor chord?
How do you Enharmonically modulate?
An enharmonic modulation takes place when one treats a chord as if it were spelled enharmonically as a functional chord in the destination key, and then proceeds in the destination key. There are two main types of enharmonic modulations: dominant seventh/augmented sixth, and (fully) diminished seventh.
How do you modulate a minor to a major?
Pieces in the minor key often move to a cadence in the relative major key at the end of the first section. For example, a piece in A minor may end its first section with a cadence in C major. The second section then takes the piece back to the original tonic key.
How do you modulate from G major to C major?
The smoothest way to modulate from one key to another is to use a pivot chord. A pivot chord is a chord that both keys share in common. For example C major and G major share four chords in common: C, Em, G, and Am.
What is chromatic modulation?
Chromatic Modulation: A chromatic modulation is a change of key brought about through a chromatic alteration of a note between two chords. In a chromatic alteration, there is no pivot chord; neither the chord without or with the chromatic alteration can be analyzed in both the old and the new key.
What is a enharmonic modulation?
Definition of enharmonic modulation : a modulation in which by enharmonically altering one or more notes the harmonic relation of a chord is changed so as to lead to a new key.
How do you transition from a minor to a relative major?
So to get from a minor chord to its relative major, you move up a minor 3rd interval from its root. To get from a major chord to its relative minor, you move down a whole and half step from its root.
How do you modulate from a minor to a relative major?
What is modulation and how is it taught?
Most basic teaching on the process of modulation concentrates on the role of the pivot chord. A chord is chosen which is common to the two keys involved. The chord is ambiguous and takes on one function in the first key and is reinterpreted as a chord on a different degree of the scale in the new key.
What chords are used in modulation to C major and F major?
Only modulations to C major and F major have common chords which are not the tonic or dominant of either key involved in the modulation. This highlights again the need for an understanding of the process of modulation based on chord progressions rather that the use of pivot or common chords.
What is modulation from the tonic to the dominant key?
The modulation from the tonic to the dominant key is one of the most common modulations in tonal music. The piece normally returns to the tonic key either directly or indirectly via other related keys. By the theory of pivot chords this return could be made using the same common chord as follows:
What is the harmonic outline of the a minor chord?
An outline of this would be as follows: In this harmonic outline, the A minor chord is common to the keys: C major and G major and consequently can be used to smooth the transition form one key to the other. The A minor chord is moved to as chord VI in C major and quit as chord II in G major.