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  2. Modulation (music) - Wikipedia

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    [7] For example, G major and D major have four triad chords in common: G major, B minor, D major and E minor. This can be easily determined by a chart similar to the one below, which compares triad qualities. The I chord in G major—a G major chord—is also the IV chord in D major, so I in G major and IV in D major are aligned on the chart.

  3. Mediant - Wikipedia

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    For example, relative to the key of A minor, the key of C major is the mediant, and it often serves as a mid-way point between I and V (hence the name). Tonicization or modulation to the mediant is quite common in pieces written in the minor mode and usually serves as the second theme group in sonata form since it is very easy to tonicize III ...

  4. Flamenco mode - Wikipedia

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    Flamenco mode Play ⓘ.. In music theory, the flamenco mode (also Major-Phrygian) is a harmonized mode or scale abstracted from its use in flamenco music. In other words, it is the collection of pitches in ascending order accompanied by chords representing the pitches and chords used together in flamenco songs and pieces.

  5. Submediant - Wikipedia

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    The scale and submediant triad in the A major (top) and A minor (bottom) scale. In music , the submediant is the sixth degree ( ) of a diatonic scale . The submediant ("lower mediant") is named thus because it is halfway between the tonic and the subdominant ("lower dominant") [ 1 ] or because its position below the tonic is symmetrical to that ...

  6. List of musical scales and modes - Wikipedia

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    Degrees are relative to the major scale. List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees Intervals Integer notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord

  7. Closely related key - Wikipedia

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    In the key of C major, these would be: D minor, E minor, F major, G major, A minor, and C minor. Despite being three sharps or flats away from the original key in the circle of fifths, parallel keys are also considered as closely related keys as the tonal center is the same, and this makes this key have an affinity with the original key.

  8. Andalusian cadence - Wikipedia

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    A minor seventh would be added to the dominant "V" chord to increase tension before resolution (V 7 –i). [2] The roots of the chords belong to a modern phrygian tetrachord (the equivalent of a Greek Dorian tetrachord, [10] the latter mentioned above), that is to be found as the upper tetrachord of a natural minor scale (for A minor, they are: A G F E).

  9. Exposition (music) - Wikipedia

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    The term is most widely used [4] as an analytical convenience to denote a portion of a movement identified as an example of classical tonal sonata form.The exposition typically establishes the music's tonic key, and then modulates to, and ends in, the dominant. [5]