Modulation

This lesson is part of the Harmony category.

Objectives

• Students will be able to identify and analyze different types of modulation in a musical composition.
• Students will be able to create a modulating chord progression using a diatonic common chord.

Class Activities

• Discussion and definition of the concept of modulation
• Discussion of different types of modulation, including direct and common-chord
• Harmonic analysis of modulations in different types of music
• Composition and improvisation of a common-chord modulation between two different keys

Assignments

• Identification and analysis of different types of modulation in written and recorded music
• Composition of a chord progression which uses common-chord modulation