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== Relationship to other tonal centers ==

Like any other tonal center, the tonic has a way of successfully contextualizing the collection of notes ~~around it~~ across long distances in time around itself, provided that each note in the collection meets certain criteria that enable such contextualization. Consequently, in pieces that have more than one tonal center throughout their length, as with many Western Classical pieces, the tonic is the most important of the various tonal centers that appear in that piece, and it contextualizes the other tonal centers by means of its being located at critical positions within the piece. For that reason, it is considered the home note, and, as a consequence, is often referenced in the name of certain works, for example, Bach's [[Wikipedia: Fugue in G_minor, BWV 578|Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578]], otherwise known as the "Little Fugue", in which G is the Tonic.

Like any other tonal center, the tonic has a way of successfully contextualizing the surrounding collection of notes across long distances in time around itself, provided that each note in the collection meets certain criteria that enable such contextualization. Consequently, in pieces that have more than one tonal center throughout their length, as with many Western Classical pieces, the tonic is the most important of the various tonal centers that appear in that piece, and it contextualizes the other tonal centers by means of its being located at critical positions within the piece. For that reason, it is considered the home note, and, as a consequence, is often referenced in the name of certain works, for example, Bach's [[Wikipedia: Fugue in G_minor, BWV 578|Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578]], otherwise known as the "Little Fugue", in which G is the Tonic.

== As an initiating event, anchor, or resolution tone ==

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 == Relationship to other tonal centers ==
-Like any other tonal center, the tonic has a way of successfully contextualizing the collection of notes around it across long distances in time around itself, provided that each note in the collection meets certain criteria that enable such contextualization.  Consequently, in pieces that have more than one tonal center throughout their length, as with many Western Classical pieces, the tonic is the most important of the various tonal centers that appear in that piece, and it contextualizes the other tonal centers by means of its being located at critical positions within the piece.  For that reason, it is considered the home note, and, as a consequence, is often referenced in the name of certain works, for example, Bach's [[Wikipedia: Fugue in G_minor, BWV 578|Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578]], otherwise known as the "Little Fugue", in which G is the Tonic.
+Like any other tonal center, the tonic has a way of successfully contextualizing the surrounding collection of notes across long distances in time around itself, provided that each note in the collection meets certain criteria that enable such contextualization.  Consequently, in pieces that have more than one tonal center throughout their length, as with many Western Classical pieces, the tonic is the most important of the various tonal centers that appear in that piece, and it contextualizes the other tonal centers by means of its being located at critical positions within the piece.  For that reason, it is considered the home note, and, as a consequence, is often referenced in the name of certain works, for example, Bach's [[Wikipedia: Fugue in G_minor, BWV 578|Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578]], otherwise known as the "Little Fugue", in which G is the Tonic.
 == As an initiating event, anchor, or resolution tone ==