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  2. G-flat major - Wikipedia

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    Like F-sharp major, G-flat major is rarely chosen as the main key for orchestral works. It is more often used as a main key for piano works, such as the impromptus of Chopin and Schubert . It is the predominant key of Maurice Ravel 's Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet , and is also used in the second movement ...

  3. Prelude in G-flat major (Rachmaninoff) - Wikipedia

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    The "B" section, from measures 18–34, employs sequential fragments of the "A" section. Syncopated chords from the "A" section are elongated. Rising chromatic patterns are present in both the bass and treble. Consider measures 18–20 and 23–25: Measures 18–20 Measures 23–25 Measures 35 and 36 Measures 49 and 50 Measures 15 and 16

  4. Enharmonic equivalence - Wikipedia

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    A musical passage notated as flats. The same passage notated as sharps, requiring fewer canceling natural signs. Sets of notes that involve pitch relationships — scales, key signatures, or intervals, [1] for example — can also be referred to as enharmonic (e.g., the keys of C ♯ major and D ♭ major contain identical pitches and are therefore enharmonic).

  5. Closely related key - Wikipedia

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    In the key of C major, these would be: D minor, E minor, F major, G major, A minor, and C minor. Despite being three sharps or flats away from the original key in the circle of fifths, parallel keys are also considered as closely related keys as the tonal center is the same, and this makes this key have an affinity with the original key.

  6. Étude Op. 10, No. 5 (Chopin) - Wikipedia

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    Étude Op. 10, No. 5 in Gmajor is a study for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830. It was first published in 1833 in France, [1] Germany, [2] and England [3] as the fifth piece of his Études Op. 10.

  7. Key signature names and translations - Wikipedia

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    When a musical key or key signature is referred to in a language other than English, that language may use the usual notation used in English (namely the letters A to G, along with translations of the words sharp, flat, major and minor in that language): languages which use the English system include Irish, Welsh, Hindi, Japanese (based on katakana in iroha order), Korean (based on hangul in ...

  8. Key signature - Wikipedia

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    In all major scales with flat key signatures, the tonic in a major key is a perfect fourth below the last flat. When there is more than one flat, the tonic is the note of the second-to-last flat in the signature. [11] In the major key with four flats (B ♭ E ♭ A ♭ D ♭), for example, the second to last flat is A ♭, indicating a key of A ...

  9. Common chord (music) - Wikipedia

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    Common chords are frequently used in modulations, in a type of modulation known as common chord modulation or diatonic pivot chord modulation. It moves from the original key to the destination key (usually a closely related key) by way of a chord both keys share. For example, G major and D major have 4 chords in common: G, Bm, D, Em.