Modulation

Question 1

Modulation is a musical shift to a new tonal center generally longer and more sustained than a tonicization

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Common chord chord modulation

Answer 2

Uses a chord that is common to both keys as a transition from one to the other

Known as the common chord or pivot chord

Question 3

Single line techniques

Answer 3

Like common chord modulation me the technique has a transitional or pivoting section

Question 4

Other single line technique

Answer 4

Instead of a chord the modulation occurs over either an unaccompanied line a monophonic modulation or a single Unharmonized pitch a common tone modulation

Question 5

Common tone modulation

Answer 5

The modulation occurs as the texture clears away to a single note
During this moment the common tone is quietly reinterpreted
We can interpret any scale degree as a different scale degree in a new key
This technique makes it easy to move to foreign keys since it does not need a shared diatonic chord

Question 6

Monophonic modulation

Answer 6

Similar to the common tone modulation where a single unaccompanied line transitions between keys

Takes advantage of the ambiguity of the Unharmonized line

Like common tone modulation can more easily allow shifts between foreign keys

Question 7

Direct modulation

Answer 7

Unlike other modulation a there is no ambiguous transitional section between key areas
Instead the music moves directly into a new key area which can be a surprising shift
Can often be found in between phrases

Question 8

Sequences in modulation

Answer 8

Remember that a sequence is a harmonic/ melodic pattern that is repeated at different pitch levels
This repetition can override expected tonal patterns and help move the music into new key areas
Sequences can often be used to make common chord or direct modulation me more smooth

Question 9

Sequences in modulation

Answer 9

Sequences can often be used to make common chord or direct modulation a more smooth

An example can be a descending 5th sequence

I vi Iv V I IV viio7 iii vi/FM:iii IV V I

Example

Question 10

Tonicization

Answer 10

Momentary borrowing from another key

Question 11

Modulation

Answer 11

A musical shift to a new tonal center typically longer and more sustained than a tonicization

Question 12

Change of mode

Answer 12

Change of mode a change from a major key to its parallel minor key or vice verse not a modulation since the tonic does not change

Question 13

Relatively keys

Answer 13

Have the same key signature

Question 14

Parallel keys

Answer 14

Have the same tonic

Question 15

Closely-related Keys: Have key signatures within one accidental of each other

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Distantly related keys

Answer 16

All the keys that aren’t closely relate

Example are more than one accidental difference

Question 17

Common chord modulation

Answer 17

One common way to get from one tonal center to another

Uses a chord that is common to both keys as a transition from one tot the other

This is the common chord or the pivot chord

Often uses chords with a weaker or more ambiguous tonal function for example not using dominant because it has too strong of a tonal function to I

Question 18

Analyzing s modulating phrase

Answer 18

Listen to the music
Try to find th point where chords no longer function in the original key
If you’re unsure about where this is, look for a cadence in a different key

Question 19

Modulation example

Answer 19

Roman numeral analysis example

DM:I. V. I6 V4/3.I6. ii6 IV6 IV ii

                               GM:vi6 

With zig zag in the right of the ii6 and left of GM:vi6