modulation
Sign in to saveAlso known as Modulation (music), changing keys, key change, key modulation
transition where a piece of music shifts between keys
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, modulation is referenced by 600 other articles, and connects out to augmented sixth chord, close and Franz Schubert.
Vinony files it under Accuracy disputes from June 2022, Harmony and Musical keys.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- change
Show 3 more facts
- facet of
- tonal system
- different from
- modulation
- Commons category
- Modulation
via Wikidata · CC0
~18 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Example of modulation from the tonic to the dominant.Play Key signature change example: C major to C minor.
In music, modulation is the change from one tonality (tonic, or tonal center) to another. This may or may not be accompanied by a change in key signature (a key change). Modulations articulate or create the structure or form of many pieces, as well as add interest. Treatment of a non-tonic chord as a temporary tonic, for less than a phrase, is considered tonicization.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “modulation” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.