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Unit 3: Identities

Quick questions on Modulation and transposition: WACE Year 12 Music

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What are closely related keys?
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A piece rarely stays in one key. The most common destinations are the closely related keys, which differ from the home key by at most one sharp or flat:
What is transposition?
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Transposition rewrites music at a different pitch while keeping every interval the same. There are two common reasons:

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