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  2. Tonic (music) - Wikipedia

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    Scales are named after their tonics: for instance, the tonic of the C major scale is the note C. The triad formed on the tonic note, the tonic chord, is thus the most significant chord in these styles of music. In Roman numeral analysis, the tonic chord is typically symbolized by the Roman numeral "I" if it is major and by "i" if it is minor.

  3. Fundamental structure - Wikipedia

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    Urlinie in relation to the tonic triad. The fundamental line (German: Urlinie) is the melodic aspect of the Fundamental structure , "a stepwise descent from one of the triad notes to the tonic" with the bass arpeggiation being the harmonic aspect. [3] The fundamental line fills in the spaces created by the descending arpeggiation of the tonic ...

  4. Triad (music) - Wikipedia

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    Types of triads: I ⓘ, i ⓘ, i o ⓘ, I + ⓘ In music, a triad is a set of three notes (or "pitch classes") that can be stacked vertically in thirds. [1] Triads are the most common chords in Western music. When stacked in thirds, notes produce triads. The triad's members, from lowest-pitched tone to highest, are called: [1] the root

  5. Peter Westergaard's tonal theory - Wikipedia

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    In this section we would like to explore which lines are parseable as primary lines. Let T denote a tonic-triad pitch and N denote a non-tonic-triad pitch. Let 1,2,3.. denote diatonic degrees where 1 is the tonic. The base structure is one of the 321, 54321, 87654321.

  6. Function (music) - Wikipedia

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    The concept of harmonic function originates in theories about just intonation.It was realized that three perfect major triads, distant from each other by a perfect fifth, produced the seven degrees of the major scale in one of the possible forms of just intonation: for instance, the triads F–A–C, C–E–G and G–B–D (subdominant, tonic, and dominant respectively) produce the seven ...

  7. Chord progression - Wikipedia

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    The diatonic harmonization of any major scale results in three major triads, which are based on the first, fourth, and fifth scale degrees.The triads are referred to as the tonic chord (in Roman numeral analysis, symbolized by "I"), the subdominant chord (IV), and the dominant chord, (V), respectively. [3]

  8. Mode (music) - Wikipedia

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    This makes the tonic triad diminished, so this mode is the only one in which the chords built on the tonic and dominant scale degrees have their roots separated by a diminished, rather than perfect, fifth. Similarly the tonic seventh chord is half-diminished. Tonic triad: Bdim or B° Tonic seventh chord: Bm 7 ♭ 5 or B ø7; Dominant triad: F

  9. Roman numeral analysis - Wikipedia

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    These chords are all borrowed from the key of E minor. Similarly, in minor keys, chords from the parallel major may also be "borrowed". For example, in E minor, the diatonic chord built on the fourth scale degree is IVm, or A minor. However, in practice, many songs in E minor will use IV (A major), which is borrowed from the key of E major.