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modulation

transition where a piece of music shifts between keys
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modulation

Summary

modulation is a musical technique[1]. modulation draws 1,158 Wikipedia views per month (musical_technique category, ranking #2 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • modulation's instance of is recorded as musical technique[3].
  • modulation is a type of change[4].
  • modulation's Commons category is recorded as Modulation[5].
  • modulation's facet of is recorded as tonal system[6].
  • modulation's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • modulation's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • modulation's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • modulation's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • modulation's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • modulation's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • modulation's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[13].
  • modulation's different from is recorded as music[14].
  • modulation's different from is recorded as transposition[15].
  • modulation's different from is recorded as modulation[16].

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Definition and Type

modulation's instance of is recorded as musical technique[3]. modulation is a type of change[4].

Why It Matters

modulation draws 1,158 Wikipedia views per month (musical_technique category, ranking #2 of 11).[2] modulation has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] modulation is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

music

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → tonal system
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → change
    Instance of → musical technique
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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