Tonic chord

the chord based on the tonic of a key or scale

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first degree of the scale; the key center

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the half diminished seventh chord; a chord which was originally made up of the notes 'F', 'B', 'D sharp' and 'G sharp', altho…

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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…

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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…

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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

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Plagal Cadence. A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an…

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Plagal Cadence. A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an…

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A chord progression where the dominant chord is followed by a chord other than the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, a…

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