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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. Parallel key - Wikipedia

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    [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. This relationship is different from that of relative keys, a pair of major and minor scales that share the same notes but start on different tonics (e.g., G major and E minor).

  5. 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).

  6. Parallel and counter parallel - Wikipedia

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    Dp stands for Dominant-parallel. The word "parallel" in German has the meaning of "relative" in English. G major and E minor are called parallel keys. The G major chord and the E minor chord in the key of C major are called parallel chords in the Riemann system. —

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Minor scale - Wikipedia

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    Major and minor keys that share the same key signature are relative to each other. For instance, F major is the relative major of D minor since both have key signatures with one flat. Since the natural minor scale is built on the 6th degree of the major scale, the tonic of the relative minor is a major sixth above the tonic of the major scale ...