enharmonic modulation

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music a change of key achieved by regarding a note in one key as an equivalent note in another. Thus E flat in the key of A flat could be regarded as D sharp in the key of B major

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Example sentences from the Web for enharmonic modulation

They are groping for some modulation, some way to translate complicated moral intuitions into rules a society can live by.
How to End the Abortion Wars|David Frum|August 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He does not however say, as he does in the case of the Enharmonic scale, that these species were known by the names of the Keys.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
The special fitness of the notation for the scales of the Enharmonic genus may be regarded as a further indication of its date.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
This seems to bear out the common view of the Enharmonic as produced by the introduction of an 'accidental' or passing note.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro

Along with this change we have to note the comparative disuse of the Enharmonic and Chromatic divisions of the tetrachord.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
He sat up in bed; the sound was tragical by distance, and the modulation appealed to his ear like human speech.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI|Robert Louis Stevenson

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