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There's a place where anything can happen

Who said that?

A place where impossible's the norm

Oh it's coming from the trumpet.

A place of musical discovery

And all you have to do is jump into this horn

Um, yeah sure, okay. Woah!! BONK!

This is Modulation Station! The following Col-train will be arriving in 1 minute, taking you up some

giant steps. First stop, Common Tone street with connection to Chromatic Mediant Ave!

Woah, what is this place?

Welcome to our humble land where music reigns supreme

Where everything that unfolds is from our collective acoustical dream

So step aboard our Col-train, and let's go for a ride

By the way my name is Tony (Get it?)

And I will be your guide!

Guide through where?

My friend you're in

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In Key Change World

Anything can happen

Whatever you musically imagine here in

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In Key Change World

We never stay in one place for too long

In Key Change World

Key? Like the thing that unlocks a door?

Only metaphorically! No, a musical key! Like the main scale or group of notes in a piece of

music?

My first band class is tomorrow! I don't know anything about music

Oh, uh, no, no, it's okay everyone, don't panic!

Ah, not a problem, I'll just, uh, explain it to you then

Let's see, you know what, let's start at the very beginning

a very good place to start!

In western music, and I'm speaking generally

A song sticks to a specific group of pitches

That musicians call it's key

And sometimes for various reasons

Whether emotion or just for a kick

A song will change its key

It's a marvelous musical trick!

Oh, so when the key changes, that's a key change?

Yes and you're in

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In Key Change World

Say you want to alter an emotion

It's a musical magic potion

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Just did one

In Key Change World

They're so fun

Our melodies modulate up and down

In Key Change

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Okay I think I get it?

It's fine if you don't get all the technical mumbo jumbo

What matters is that you feel a key change

After all, that's what music is all about

Honestly in this day and age a lot of musicians are a little too obsessed with pretentiously over-intellectualizing music, so much so they've lost that emotional facet that's integral to the art

Connecting on a human level should be the intent of most artistic endeavors, but unfortunately we're just a little too worried about showing off these days than-

Tony! You're going on your rant again

Sorry, where was I? Oh yes, music should be fun! And we have fun here. Let me show you around!

There's our Presidential Palace

With it's famous chromatic steps

Each step is half the size of a normal

Step, step, step, step!

And there's our giant ferris wheel,

A structure worthy of the myths

Why are there letters on each of the cars?

My friend the ride's the called

The Circle of Fifths

I don't get it!

Don't worry, just know you're in

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In Key Change World

It can shift the musical feeling

That's why it's so appealing

Ooh we're about to pass through The Parallel Mines! Spooky!

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It's Key Change World

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We're almost out, just hold on here we go!

It's Key Change World

Okay, well this is very exciting, but it all feels really inside baseball to me?

Oh speaking of baseball, we have a league here too!

Oh really?

Yeah, it's called the majors

Guess what position I play?

I don't know, what?

I play third!

I know we're in the weeds with this song

But we could chat music theory all day long

Though if you find you're curious, even just a little bit

Then ask your music teacher

They just want to geek out all about it

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Sequential modulation!

In Key Change World

And pivot chords!

Variety's life's greatest spice

So sing wherever you think is nice

In Key Change World

There you go!

In Key Change World

We never stay in one place for too long

In Key Change

Key Change

Key Change

Key Change

World!