Tonicisation and local keys
Briefly treating a chord other than the tonic as home; a cadence in the local key, without a full modulation.
- Category
- Chords and harmony
- First taught in
- 7.1 Hear a change of key
- Theory cards
- Applied dominants: V of V (Level 7)
- Hearing the destination of a cadence (Level 7)
- Applied dominants (Level 9)
In the lessons
2 lessons and 2 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 7.1 | Hear a change of keyInvention No. 3 in D major, BWV 774, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 9.4 | Hear a dominant of another chordSonata in G major, Hob. XVI:27: I. Allegro con brio, Joseph Haydn |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 7.1 | V of V |
| 9.4 | Tonicisation |
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