In music mode mixture or modal mixture is the use of pitches or chords from the parallel minor or major scale or key of a piece or section. The "modes" being the major and the minor modes.
Examples include borrowed chords such as a picardy third. Compare with secondary dominant. See diatonic functionality.
See also
External links
- Mode Mixture, Robert J. Frank, "Theory on the Web"
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