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### 1.153 modulation

ES: modulación, I: modulazione, F: modulation, D: Modulation, NL: modulatie, DK: modulation, S: modulering, FI: modulaatio, sävellajin vaihdos.

Moving from one →key to another. For example, the second subject of a →sonata form movement modulates to the dominant key if the key is major and to the →relative key if the key is minor.

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