a chord that is placed in a transition between two keys, serving a different function in each key
Pivot chord
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Pivot
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a chord that is placed in a transition between two keys, serving a different function in each key
Plagal Cadence
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A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an plagal cadence…
Phrygian cadence
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A chord progression where the subdominant chord (in first inversion) is followed by the dominant chord. The root of the final…
Period
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a complete musical thought, concluded by a cadence, having two phrases, each usually two to eight bars (measures) in length
Parallel keys
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two keys, one major and one minor, having the same tonic
Amen Cadence
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A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an plagal cadence…
Authentic Cadence
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A chord progression where the dominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an authentic cadence…
Borrowed chord
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use of a chord in a key in which it is not diatonic, or the substitution of a chord from a different key into a work