change keys
Modulate the music
To change keys is to shift from one musical key to another within a piece, also called modulation.
A song might change keys to build emotional intensity or signal a new section.
The phrase also applies literally to swapping physical keys: We changed keys after the lock was replaced.
- rekeyingReconfiguring lock cylinders
- transposeReverse order of elements
- alterationAct of modifying
- modulateVary pitch or intensity
- conversionAct of changing states
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