| Sequence | A pattern that is repeated immediately in the same voice but that begins on a different pitch class.
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| Diatonic Sequence | Keeps the pattern within a single key
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| Real Sequence | Transposes the pattern to a new key.
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| Modified Sequence | A sequence where the repetitions of the pattern are neither tonal nor real.
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| Circle-of-Fifths Progression | Consists of a series of roots related by descending 5ths (and/or ascending 4ths).
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| Plagal Progression | When IV proceeds to a I chord.
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