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  2. Borrowed chord - Wikipedia

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    3 = F–A ♭-B-D) in J.S. Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C major from The Well-Tempered Clavier A borrowed chord (also called mode mixture , [ 1 ] modal mixture , [ 2 ] substituted chord , [ 3 ] modal interchange , [ 1 ] or mutation [ 4 ] ) is a chord borrowed from the parallel key ( minor or major scale with the same tonic ).

  3. Closely related key - Wikipedia

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    Four of the six differ by one accidental, one has the same key signature, and one uses the parallel modal form. 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 ...

  4. List of musical scales and modes - Wikipedia

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    List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees Intervals Integer notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord Use of key signature usual or unusual ; 15 equal temperament

  5. Parallel key - Wikipedia

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    In music theory, a major scale and a minor scale that have the same starting note are called parallel keys and are said to be in a parallel relationship. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For example, G major and G minor have the same tonic (G) but have different modes , so G minor is the parallel minor of G major.

  6. Modulation (music) - Wikipedia

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    Play ⓘ Key signature change example: C major to C minor. In music, modulation is the change from one tonality (tonic, or tonal center) to another. This may or may not be accompanied by a change in key signature (a key change). Modulations articulate or create the structure or form of many pieces, as well as add interest.

  7. Mode (music) - Wikipedia

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    However, the reciting tones of modes 3, 4, and 8 rose one step during the 10th and 11th centuries with 3 and 8 moving from B to C and that of 4 moving from G to A . [ 49 ] Kyrie "orbis factor", in mode 1 (Dorian) with B ♭ on scale-degree 6, descends from the reciting tone, A, to the final, D, and uses the subtonium (tone below the final).

  8. Parallel and counter parallel - Wikipedia

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    Both the parallel and the counter parallel have two notes in common with the tonic (Am and C share C & E; Em and C share E & G). A chord should be analysed as a Tcp rather than Dp or sP particularly at cadential points, for example at an interrupted cadence , where it substitutes the tonic.

  9. Cadence - Wikipedia

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    It refers to the use of a major chord of the tonic at the end of a musical section that is either modal or in a minor key. The example below shows a picardy third in the final chord, from J.S. Bach 's Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, My Joy), mm. 12–13.