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Spot the modulation
A modulation moves the music to a new home key (Handout 236). The clue is the new key’s leading tone: a new accidental that stays until the music ends in that key. The smoothest way over is a pivot chord, a chord in both keys.
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Part 1 · Find the clue
- Melody 1: its starting chord, then the tune0:15
- Melody 2: its starting chord, then the tune0:14
- Melody 3: its starting chord, then the tune0:15
- Melody 4: its starting chord, then the tune0:14
Part 2 · Find the pivot
- Progression A0:13
- Progression B0:13
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