Modulation
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Modulation
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1 n.
The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.
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2 n.
Sound modulated; melody.
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3 n.
A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations.
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4 n.
The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.
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5 n.
Sound modulated; melody.
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6 n.
A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations.