Re: HELP on terms

[Tim Nowaczyk]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 05:28:49PM -0600, Jack Trexler wrote:
>What is the musical term for a piece written in a minor key ending on  a 
>major chord? I would appreciate your help. Sincerely Jack
>
  If you mean, for example, a piece written in Em, but the piece ends with an E 
major chord, then I believe it's called a picardy-third.

  From http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textp/Picardythird.html
  A practice from the 16th century and the Baroque era of ending a composition 
with a major chord, when the rest of the composition is in a minor key, thus 
giving the composition a sense of finality.

  Tim Nowaczyk

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