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parallelism foreign key modulation appoggiatura open fifth pc set tritone oscillation sequence 9th chord pentatonic chromatic scale Neapolitan chromatic mediant fragmentation ostinato chromatic parallelism AABA structure changing meter added-note chord parallel fifths whole-tone chord layering dissonant bass crying gesture suspension call and response altered dominant common-chord modulation whole-tone mirroring sequential modulation tone cluster plagal cadence chromatic sequence polyrhythm reverse picardy augmentation sigh gesture deceptive resolution diminished 7th chord harmonic sequence quintal chord melodic cell pedal tone half-diminished 7th chord augmented triad common-tone diminished 7th 11th chord tritone oscillation Dorian mode Phrygian mode pump-up modulation polytonality minor-major 7th chord major 7th chord Aeolian mode augmented major 7th chord 64 chord upper pedal tone circle of fifths secondary dominant major triad stretto imitation quartal chord polychord augmented sixth chord Lydian mode Locrian mode linear chromaticism ABA structure polymeter retardation enharmonic respelling contrasting period