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00325 /E/X/T/E/N/D/E/D /T/O/N/I/C/I/Z/A/T/I/O/N
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00600 /ADDED /LEVELS OF /TONIC /FUNCTION
00700
00800 /ALMOST BY DEFINITION, MUSIC OF THE TONAL ERA DEPENDS
00900 ON THE LISTENER'S STRONG MEMORY OF A BASIC TONIC. /THE BASIC TONIC IS A
01000 COHESIVE FORCE WHICH SETS LIMITS AND ACTS AS A REFERENCE POINT FOR ALL
01100 TYPES OF HARMONIC MOVEMENT. /EVEN MODULATION WITHIN A MOVEMENT NEVER
01200 REALLY DESTROYS THIS REFERENCE POINT; IT MERELY SETS UP A FOREMOST
01300 SUBSIDIARY POINT. /WHEN TONICIZTION BECOMES GREATLY EXTENDED, THE SAME
01400 EFFECT IS PRODUCED ON A SOMEWHAT SMALLER SCALE. /THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
01500 EXTENDED TONICIZATION AND MODULATION LIES IN THE ROLE THE PARTICULAR
01600 PASSAGE IS PLAYING IN RELATION TO THE WHOLE. /THERE IS MUCH MUSIC WHEREIN
01700 THESE TWO CONCEPTS TEND TO OVERLAP, BUT IN THE MAIN, COMPOSERS OF
01800 THE MUSIC HERE UNDER CONSIDERATION HAVE BEEN SO INTENT UPON FORMAL
01900 CLARITY THAT THE DEPENDENT CHARACTER OF TONICIZATION, EVEN WHEN
02000 EXTENDED, IS MAINTAINED.
02100
02200 /THIS IMPORTANT FACET OF TONAL MUSIC MAY BE REPRESENTED BY
02300 ADDED LEVELS OF TONICIZATION IN THE MIDDLE AREA OF THE ANALYTICAL
02400 DIAGRAM. /THESE ADDED LEVELS OCCUR WHEN, WITHIN A TEMPORARY TONIC
02500 AREA, AGAIN A NEW TONIC IS APPROACHED. /A SIMPLE EXAMPLE OF THIS
02600 FOLLOWS. /THE BASIC KEY OF /C IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE WELL ESTABLISHED
02700 BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE EXAMPLE.
02800
02900 /EXAMPLE 52
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03800 /FIGURE 52A
03900
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04200
04300 /THE /D AREA AT (XX) APPEARS IN DIRECT RELATIONSHIP ONLY WITH
04400 THE /G (OR TONICIZED /V) AREA. /EVEN THOUGH EVERY NUMERAL THAT
04500 APPEARS IN THE MIDDLE AREA OF AN ANALYSIS IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE A TONIC
04600 (I.E., WORKING AS A "/I"), A NEW /I IS PLACED UNDER THE FIRST
04700 PRESENTATION OF /V AS A TONIC IN ORDER THAT THE INTERVAL OF THE SUBSEQUENT
04800 MOVEMENT TO /D (I.E., THE DOMINANT RELATION TO /G), IS READILY APPARENT.
04900 /SIMILARLY, ANOTHER /I APPEARS WHEN THE PROGRESSION RETURNS
05000 TO /G AS THE TONIC. /IN THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLE IT WILL BE NOTED THAT THE
05100 TONICIZED /D WAS SPECIFICALLY MAJOR. /THIS NEW /I CONTAINS
05200 /F# -- NOT A FUNCTIONAL PROBABILITY IN TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL /C, BUT
05300 COMPLETELY COMPATIBLE WITH THE /G SCALE.
05400
05500 /THIS MAY BE MADE EVEN MORE CLEAR IF WE SET UP WHAT WILL BE
05600 CALLED TONIC GUIDE TONES. /THESE REPRESENT, IN MUSICAL NOTATION,
05700 THE ELEMENTS THAT APPEAR IN THE MIDDLE AREA OF THE ANALYSIS.
05800
05900 /FIGURE 52B
06000
06100
06200
06300
06400 /TONIC /GUIDE /TONES
06500
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06800
06900 /THE TONICS WHICH ARE MOST CLOSELY RELATED (SEE TABLE ON PAGE XX)
07000 ARE CONNECTED BY HORIZANTAL BARS. /THE SMALL NOTES MAY BE ADDED TO SHOW
07100 THE MODE OF EACH TONIC. /WHEN DEALING WITH VERY COMPLEX PROGRESSIONS,
07200 IT MAY OFTEN PROVE QUITE HELPFUL TO SKETCH OUT THE TONIC GUIDE
07300 TONES PREVIOUS TO MAKING ANY FINAL DECISIONS CONCERNING THE PARTICULAR
07400 RELATIONSHIPS OF THE TEMPORARY TONICS.
07500
07600 /IF SOME OF THE NOTES OF /EXAMPLE 52 ARE ALTERED SO THAT WE
07700 ARRIVE AT D MINOR, INSTEAD OF MAJOR, ITS ROLE AS THE TONICIZED /V OF
07800 /G IS GREATLY WEAKENED. /VOICE LEADING IS IMPORTANT IN ESTABLISHING
07900 THE D AREA. /THE /B AND /C#, 6TH AND 7TH SCALE DEGREES, APPEAR IN
08000 ASCENDING LINES, THE /BB AND /CN IN DESCENDING LINES.
08100
08200 /EXAMPLE 53
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09000 /NOW, SINCE THE /I CHORD OF D DOES NOT DISTURB THE MATERIAL
09100 OF THE ORIGINAL SCALE, IT IS HEARD IN DIRECT RELATION TO /C.
09200
09300 /FIGURE 53
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09500
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10300 /VERY OFTEN THERE WILL BE NO CLEARCUT PROCEDURE THAT MAY BE
10400 FOLLOWED WHEN ANALYZING SITUATIONS SIMILAR TO THE NEXT EXAMPLE. /AT
10500 (*), THE CHANGE OF MODE ON THE /G ROOT MAKES VARYING INTERPRETATIONS
10600 OF THE FUNCTION OF THE D TONIC POSSIBLE.
10700
10800 /EXAMPLE 54
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11400
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11600 /FIGURE 54A
11700
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12200
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12400 /FIGURE 54B
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13400 * /WHEN A TONIC CHANGES MODE FOR MORE THAN THE DURATION
13500 OF AN OCCASIONAL CHORD, THE CHANGE MAY APPEAR SUPERIMPOSED
13600 ON THE CONTINUOUS LINE RUNNING FROM THE ORIGINAL OCCURRENCE
13700 OF THE TONIC.
13800
13900 /FIGURE 54C
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14800
14900 * /HERE THE G TONIC IS SHOWN AS SUBSIDIARY TO D. /THIS
15000 INTERPRETATION MIGHT BE PREFERRED IF THE DURATION OF THE
15100 G TONIC AREA WERE QUITE SHORT IN RELATION TO THE FOLLOWING
15200 D AREA (SEE /EXAMPLE 57).
15300
15400 /NOTICE THAT THE ABOVE EXAMPLES WERE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
15500 ILLUSTRATION, PRESENTED WITHOUT VARIED RHYTHM. /AS ALWAYS, IN MORE
15600 COMPLEX SITUATIONS, THE RELATIONS BETWEEN HARMONY, MELODY, AND
15700 RHYTHM WILL COMBINE TO OFFER A BASIS FOR A MORE SPECIFIC ANALYTICAL
15800 INTERPRETATION. /HOWEVER, IT MUST BE EMPHASIZED THAT THE MAIN
15900 PROFIT TO THE SERIOUS MUSICIAN IS FOUND IN THE PROCESS OF WRESTLING
16000 WITH SUCH PROBLEMATICAL DECISIONS. /THE FINAL DECISION NEED NOT BE
16100 CONSIDERED THE ONLY RIGHT ONE, BUT RATHER AS THE MOST CLARIFYING OF
16200 THE ACTUAL EFFECT OF THE MUSIC ON THE INDIVIDUAL.
16300
16400 /AN EXTREME EXAMPLE OF ADDED LEVELS OF TONICIZATION (AND IT IS
16500 OFTEN HEARD) IS THE PROGRESSION THROUGH THE "CIRCLE OF FIFTHS".
16600
16700 /EXAMPLE 55
16800
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17600
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18100
18200 /FIGURE 55
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18400
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18700
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18900
19000 * /WHEN MANY LEVELS OF
19100 TONICS APPEAR, THE LETTER
19200 NAMES OF THE VARIOUS KEYS
19300 SHOULD BE ADDED TO AVOID
19400 CONFUSION.
19500
19600
19700
19800 /EXAMPLE 56
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20600
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20800 /FIGURE 56
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22000 /THESE DIAGRAMS MAY APPEAR SOMEWHAT UNWIELDY, BUT THEY HAVE
22100 THE ADVANTAGE OF GIVING CLEAR PICTURES, IN INTERVALIC TERMS, OF THE
22200 RELATIONSHIPS INVOLVED.
22300
22400 /OCCASIONALLY A VERY RAPID MOVEMENT THROUGH PART OF THE CIRCLE
22500 OF FIFTHS, OR THE SUCCESSIVE USE OF 7TH CHORDS, WILL CAUSE CERTAIN
22600 ELEMENTS OF A PROGRESSION TO STAND IN RELIEF.
22700
22800 /EXAMPLE 57