Chapter 18: The Major-Minor System
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Key Points
- The tonic chord, built on the first scale tone, is the home base to which active chords (dominant, on V; subdominant, on IV) need to resolve.
- Composers can shift the pitch level of an entire work (transposition), or change the center, or key, during a work (modulation).
- Composers change the key, or modulate, during a piece to create tension and drama.
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