Editing Modulation (music) (section)

===Changes between parallel keys===
Since modulation is defined as a change of tonic ([[tonality]] or tonal center), the change between minor and its parallel major or the reverse is technically not a modulation but a change in [[Musical mode|mode]]. Major tonic harmony that concludes music in minor contains what is known as a [[Picardy third]]. Any harmony associated with the minor mode in the context of major musical passages is often referred to as a [[borrowed chord]], which creates [[mode mixture]].