Music GCSE
Basic modulation and its signals
What Basic modulation and its signals means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Basic modulation and its signals
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A temporary or permanent move to a related key, most commonly the dominant, often signalled by a new sharpened note and by chords that belong to the new key.
Topics that use Basic modulation and its signals
- Component 3: Appraising - Musical elements (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Cadence types and their effect
- Dotted rhythms
- Dynamic markings
- Harmonic chord progressions
- Justifying a structure from listening evidence
- Major and minor tonality
- Melodic contour and devices
- Named simple structures
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