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<p>A <b>Picardy third</b>, (; ) also known as a <b>Picardy cadence</b> or <b>Tierce de Picardie</b>, is a major chord of the <a href="page.php?w=tonic_%28music%29">tonic</a> at the end of a musical <a href="page.php?w=Musical_form">section</a> that is either <a href="page.php?w=musical_mode">modal</a> or in a <a href="page.php?w=minor_scale">minor key</a>. This is achieved by raising the <a href="page.php?w=third_%28chord%29">third</a> of the expected <a href="page.php?w=Minor_chord">minor triad</a> by a <a href="page.php?w=semitone">semitone</a> to</p><p>
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