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=== Basic Paradiatonic Functions === | === Basic Paradiatonic Functions === | ||
Out of the various functions found in the Paradiatonic | Out of the various functions found in the Paradiatonic scales, four of them- specifically, the tII/dbIII, tIV, dV and tVI/dbVII- can be considered basic, while the other three are first derivatives. As with the three basic diatonic functions, the four most basic paradiatonic functions have their roots in LCJI. In the order listed, the tII/dbIII, tIV, dV and tVI/dbVII functions are the following... | ||
'''Contravaricant''' - Named in contrast to the Varicant function, this is an interval that maps to both 1\5 and 5\24 in the scale's direction of construction, lying roughly in the middle of the 4/3 interval separating the Tonic and the Serviant above it. Intervals in the Contravaricant region often don't consistently act as either seconds or thirds, or even act as a cross between a second and a third, only without potential for crowding in chords. In Bass-Up tonality, this functionality is first encountered in the form of [[8/7]], though [[7/6]] is another notable interval included in this range, with intervals in this range having Predominant, Preserviant, and Dominant Parallel functions, as well as an overlap between Tonic Adjacent and Tonic Parallel functions. There are two different subtypes of this function that differ from each other based on how they are approached in interval stacking, the "'''Pseudobidominant'''", which arises from stacking two Pseudodominants, and the "'''Pseudotriserviant'''", which arises from stacking three Pseudoserviants. | '''Contravaricant''' - Named in contrast to the Varicant function, this is an interval that maps to both 1\5 and 5\24 in the scale's direction of construction, lying roughly in the middle of the 4/3 interval separating the Tonic and the Serviant above it. Intervals in the Contravaricant region often don't consistently act as either seconds or thirds, or even act as a cross between a second and a third, only without potential for crowding in chords. In Bass-Up tonality, this functionality is first encountered in the form of [[8/7]], though [[7/6]] is another notable interval included in this range, with intervals in this range having Predominant, Preserviant, and Dominant Parallel functions, as well as an overlap between Tonic Adjacent and Tonic Parallel functions. There are two different subtypes of this function that differ from each other based on how they are approached in interval stacking, the "'''Pseudobidominant'''", which arises from stacking two Pseudodominants, and the "'''Pseudotriserviant'''", which arises from stacking three Pseudoserviants. | ||