Suggested Learning Resources
3) Online Reading: Modulation Types http://utminers.utep.edu/charlesl/modulation.html
- The term “direct modulation” describes a key change that does not use
a pivot chord or common tone. One phrase or passage ends with a recognizable cadence
- the subsequent phrase begins in a new key abruptly, without special preparation
- 'direct modulation' is sometimes referred to as 'phrase modulation'
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- To identify a direct modulation, determine the key in a passage of music
- Look for a second phrase or passage in a contrasting key
- Use appropriate strategies to find a pivot chord or common tone; the presence
of these devices negate the ‘direct modulation’ designation
- Absent a pivot chord or common tone (or some other linkage device), identify
the key of the originating passage, the modulated passed and write ‘direct modulation.”
https://youtu.be/C8PAI-v35iE?t=2m20s
Objective 32.2: Define direct modulation, and Identify and label direct modulations
in real music examples