MODULATION

Question 1

Modulation is a process that results in a

Answer 1

1. Shift of tonal center.
2. The term applies to those occasions in music when one established tonal center gives way to another.

Question 2

Most modulations occur between

Answer 2

Closely related keys.

Question 3

Closely related keys are those keys that differ by no more than__________________ in the key signature

Answer 3

One accidental

Question 4

An easy way to understand modulation is to observe the

Answer 4

Ebb and flow of circle progressions.

Question 5

3 Types of Modulation are

Answer 5

Common Chord Modulation
Chromatic Modulation and
Phrase Modulation

Question 6

A modulation that occurs at the point of a chromatic progression (a progression that involves the chromatic inflection of one or more tones) where the letter name remains the same is a

Answer 6

Chromatic Modulation

Question 7

A modulation that occurs between a chord, often called pivot chord, that is common to each of it’s two keys and offers a smooth introduction to the new key because it is diatonic to both the old and the new key is a ________ and is called so because ______

Answer 7

1. Common-Chord Modulation
2. It becomes a sort of middle ground between the two keys.

Question 8

This type of modulation occurs between phrases, periods, or larger sections where a phrase cadences in one key, and the next phrase begins immediately in a different key.
Also known as ___________

Answer 8

Phrase modulation
AKA: Direct modulation

Question 9

In two-phrase periods….
-3-

Answer 9

1. Either phrase may contain a modulation.
2. Either phrase may cadence in a key different from the key at the beginning of the period.
3. The basic definition of a period remains: the cadence at the end of the second phrase must be stronger than the cadence at the end of the first phrase.