Keys
Tonal centres and their associated scales and signatures.
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ChromatickeysPertaining to notes outside the prevailing key or diatonic scale.Circle of FifthskeysA diagram arranging all twelve major and minor keys by ascending perfect fifths,…DiatonickeysPertaining to the seven notes of a major or natural minor scale without chromati…DominantkeysThe fifth degree of a scale and the second most important tonal centre after the…Key SignaturekeysThe set of sharps or flats at the beginning of a staff indicating the keyLeading notekeysThe seventh degree of a major or harmonic minor scale, a semitone below the toni…ModekeysA type of scale defined by a specific pattern of tones and semitones, historical…ModulationkeysThe process of changing from one key to another within a pieceParallel KeykeysA major and minor key that share the same tonic note but have different key sign…Relative keykeysA major and minor key that share the same key signature but have different tonic…Relative Major and MinorkeysA pair of keys — one major, one minor — sharing the same key signatureSubdominantkeysThe fourth degree of a scale, forming a key harmonic pillar alongside the tonic …TonickeysThe first and most important note of a key, serving as the central point of rest…TonicisationkeysThe brief treatment of a non-tonic chord as a temporary tonic through the use of…TranspositionkeysMoving a passage of music up or down in pitch by a fixed interval
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