modulate

In a sentence

Six example sentences with modulate, each labelled with its topic.

• The chorus modulates up a whole step on the final repeat, and every singer in the hall reaches for it.

  Music

• The arranger software will modulate an entire track into a friendlier register without stretching the tempo or the vocals.

  Technology

• Composers of the period would modulate abruptly to a distant tonality whenever a painting or poem demanded sudden dread.

  Art

• The love theme modulates upward the moment the ship leaves harbor, and the whole audience feels the lift.

  Movies

• The boss music modulates a half step higher each time you lose a life, and by the fifth try it is unbearable.

  Gaming

• Listeners show a small startle when a familiar song modulates unexpectedly, which researchers use to study musical expectation.

  Psychology

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