User:Aura/Aura's Diatonic Scales: Difference between revisions

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'''Tonic''' - This is the note that serves as the tonal center, and thus, the main resolution tone, and is the note for which scales are named (e.g. the key of C major is so-named because in this scale, C serves as the Tonic). For more information about the general functionalities and properties of the Tonic, see Wikipedia's article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic_(music)].

'''~~Reverse Lead~~''' - This is my term for a note that occurs at intervals between 160/153 and 14/13 away from the Tonic, and, which serves as a leading tone in the direction opposite that of the scale's direction of construction- which, in most modern music, is from the Bass upwards. This means that in most music, the Reverse Lead occurs as a lowered second scale degree.

'''Contralead''' - This is my term for a note that occurs at intervals between 160/153 and 14/13 away from the Tonic, and, which serves as a leading tone in the direction opposite that of the scale's direction of construction- which, in most modern music, is from the Bass upwards. This means that in most music, the Reverse Lead occurs as a lowered second scale degree.

'''Supertonic''' - This is the note that occurs roughly at intervals between 567/512 and 256/225 above the Tonic as the second scale degree, with 9/8 proving to be the most harmonically stable ratio between the Supertonic and the Tonic, and 10/9 often occurring as a common but less stable alternative, thus, in diatonic scales, the Supertonic generally occurs within 5 cents of either 10/9 or 9/8. For more information about the general functionalities and properties of the Supertonic, see Wikipedia's article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertonic], but do note that this article does not distinguish between a Supertonic and a Reverse Lead.

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 '''Tonic''' - This is the note that serves as the tonal center, and thus, the main resolution tone, and is the note for which scales are named (e.g. the key of C major is so-named because in this scale, C serves as the Tonic).  For more information about the general functionalities and properties of the Tonic, see Wikipedia's article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic_(music)].
-'''Reverse Lead''' - This is my term for a note that occurs at intervals between 160/153 and 14/13 away from the Tonic, and, which serves as a leading tone in the direction opposite that of the scale's direction of construction- which, in most modern music, is from the Bass upwards.  This means that in most music, the Reverse Lead occurs as a lowered second scale degree.
+'''Contralead''' - This is my term for a note that occurs at intervals between 160/153 and 14/13 away from the Tonic, and, which serves as a leading tone in the direction opposite that of the scale's direction of construction- which, in most modern music, is from the Bass upwards.  This means that in most music, the Reverse Lead occurs as a lowered second scale degree.
 '''Supertonic''' - This is the note that occurs roughly at intervals between 567/512 and 256/225 above the Tonic as the second scale degree, with 9/8 proving to be the most harmonically stable ratio between the Supertonic and the Tonic, and 10/9 often occurring as a common but less stable alternative, thus, in diatonic scales, the Supertonic generally occurs within 5 cents of either 10/9 or 9/8.  For more information about the general functionalities and properties of the Supertonic, see Wikipedia's article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertonic], but do note that this article does not distinguish between a Supertonic and a Reverse Lead.