Brainlag MusicWhere the change of key goes in eight bars, and which note announces it.
The note that changes the key
A key change is heard when a note arrives that the old key does not have.
Going from a major key to its dominant, that note is the new key's leading note: a sharpened 4th of the old key (in F major going to C major, B natural). Going to the subdominant, it is a flattened 7th.
You try A melody in G major moves to its subdominant. Which note brings in the new key?
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F natural, the flattened 7th of G major: the new key, C major, has no F sharp.
The rest of this lesson and its 5 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.
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- 5 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
- Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards