flattened third, seventh and occasionally fifth degrees of the major scale
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Changing notes
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non harmonic notes; two notes, one that leaves the chord note by a tone or semitone, then leaps to the next non harmonic note…
Church Cadence
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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…
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…
Minor Scale
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having the interval of a minor third between the first and third degrees of the scale See Table of Key Signatures See Table o…
Neapolitan sixth
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the first inversion of a major chord on the flattened second degree of a major scale
Relative Major and Minor
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Relative keys use identical accidentals but center on different tonic notes. Example: C major and A minor share no sharps or…
Seventh
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a major seventh is a semitone smaller than an octave; a minor seventh is a whole tone smaller than an octave
Seventh chord
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a chord consisting of a root note, the third above the root, the fifth above the root and the seventh above the root