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 <>< Truth _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
