There’s Even More to Playing the Piano

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Chapter 10 - Modulation

Modulation – changing from one key to another – is a distinctive feature of classical music. Pop and jazz music often has many chords, including chromatic chords, but rarely modulates. Notes that are outside of the key need not cause modulations. Sometimes these notes may be chromatic neighbour notes (see Chapter 2). This phrase is in the key of F major despite the B♮ and the G#s. Sometimes these notes may be secondary dominants or other chromatic chords (see Chapter 12). This phrase is in...

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