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=== Picardy Third ===
The term ''Picardy Third'' refers to using the I (major) chord instead of i (minor) in a minor key (or mode with a minor tonic chord). As such it briefly borrows the consonance and resolution that the I chord creates, without actually modulating into a major key. It is used in place of the i chord on resolving cadences, not in passing i chords in the middle or beginning of a progression.
Am Dm Em A
i iv v I
== Chromatic Chords ==