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2.3 Key Relationships: Parallel, Closely Related, and Distantly Related Keys

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In this unit

13 lessons

  1. 2.1Minor Scales: Natural, Harmonic, and MelodicOpen lesson
  2. 2.2Relative Keys: Determining Relative Minor Key and Notating Key SignaturesOpen lesson
  3. 2.3Key Relationships: Parallel, Closely Related, and Distantly Related KeysThis lesson
  4. 2.4Other Scales: Chromatic, Whole-Tone, and PentatonicOpen lesson
  5. 2.5Interval Size and QualityOpen lesson
  6. 2.6Interval Inversion and Compound IntervalsOpen lesson
  7. 2.7Transposing InstrumentsOpen lesson
  8. 2.8TimbreOpen lesson
  9. 2.9Melodic FeaturesOpen lesson
  10. 2.10Melodic TranspositionOpen lesson
  11. 2.11Texture and Texture TypesOpen lesson
  12. 2.12Texture DevicesOpen lesson
  13. 2.13Rhythmic DevicesOpen lesson

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