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Adventure

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Adventure

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Adventure

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Key Change

After a brief stay in the key of F#, in bar 20 we move up one more key to the key of G:

Moving up a half step at the beginning of a new section heightens the excitement, giving the music a fresh feel. Here, with the French Horns, we also introduce an effective harmony - the Major 7th chord. The voicing makes this particular major 7th chord interesting. We are playing a G Major 7th chord. But instead of the root note (the G) appearing at the bottom, and the major 7th note (the F#) appearing at the top, we've placed the G note right on top of the F# note:

The minor 2nd interval formed by these two notes creates a strange and beautiful sound. But the dissonant quality usually associated with the minor second interval is softened by the other chord notes below.

In bar 22, we again refresh the music by moving up a half step to an Ab Major 7th chord:

In bar 24, we move up yet again to an A Major 7th chord: