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'''Modulation''', in music, is the phenomenon of changing the tonality of the
In western classical music tradition (on which much of today's popular music worldwide is based), modulations are usually between keys that are close to each
Going into the 19th century, musicians started to experiment with more stuff (culminating in the 20th century where people sometimes didn't even have a key at all). The resulting repertoire of common modulations grew quickly.
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Usually, you can tell a modulation if the "flavor" of the music (and usually, though not necessarily, the emotion) changes. This doesn't happen too often in modern popular songs, partly because they're rather short, but can sometimes be found between verses and refrains, with verses in one key and refrains in another (examples including [[The Beatles]]' "Good Day Sunshine" and Midnight Sons' "If Only Tears Could Bring You Back".
Modulations are
Modulation tropes include:
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