Diatonic functional harmony: Difference between revisions

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In octave equivalent tonal systems built from the low pitches to the high pitches, the '''subdominant''' is the third of the three primary functions and is the second most important nontonic function after the dominant. The harmonic basis of this function comes from both its strong connection to the tonic and its drastic contrast to it, albeit in the opposite direction from the dominant. It typically serves as one, or often more, of the following — a primary creator of instability in the "minoresque" direction that can either be intensified with the dominant or resolved with the tonic, the third most important melodic and or harmonic anchor after the tonic and the dominant, a generator of many of the "minoresque" notes in a diatonic MOS, and or a discourager against the usage of other microtonally nearby pitches.

In octave equivalent tonal systems built from the high pitches to the low pitches, the '''superdominant''' ~~takes over the usual roles of the subdominant~~, and ~~in fact,~~ in microtonal theories derived from [[Aura]]'s work, the ~~subdominant and the superdominant are combined into~~ the '''serviant''' (alternatively spelled '''servient''') function, since both the subdominant and the superdominant are considered to be generated by the tonic as the first 3-limit interval and indeed the first nontonic note in the "minoresque" direction.

In octave equivalent tonal systems built from the high pitches to the low pitches, the function equivalent to the subdominant may be called the '''superdominant''', and in microtonal theories derived from [[Aura]]'s work, the general term for this function is the '''serviant''' (alternatively spelled '''servient''') function, since both the subdominant and the superdominant are considered to be generated by the tonic as the first 3-limit interval and indeed the first nontonic note in the "minoresque" direction.

== Supervicinant and Subvicinant ==

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 In octave equivalent tonal systems built from the low pitches to the high pitches, the '''subdominant''' is the third of the three primary functions and is the second most important nontonic function after the dominant. The harmonic basis of this function comes from both its strong connection to the tonic and its drastic contrast to it, albeit in the opposite direction from the dominant. It typically serves as one, or often more, of the following — a primary creator of instability in the "minoresque" direction that can either be intensified with the dominant or resolved with the tonic, the third most important melodic and or harmonic anchor after the tonic and the dominant, a generator of many of the "minoresque" notes in a diatonic MOS, and or a discourager against the usage of other microtonally nearby pitches.
-In octave equivalent tonal systems built from the high pitches to the low pitches, the '''superdominant''' takes over the usual roles of the subdominant, and in fact, in microtonal theories derived from [[Aura]]'s work, the subdominant and the superdominant are combined into the '''serviant''' (alternatively spelled '''servient''') function, since both the subdominant and the superdominant are considered to be generated by the tonic as the first 3-limit interval and indeed the first nontonic note in the "minoresque" direction.
+In octave equivalent tonal systems built from the high pitches to the low pitches, the function equivalent to the subdominant may be called the '''superdominant''', and in microtonal theories derived from [[Aura]]'s work, the general term for this function is the '''serviant''' (alternatively spelled '''servient''') function, since both the subdominant and the superdominant are considered to be generated by the tonic as the first 3-limit interval and indeed the first nontonic note in the "minoresque" direction.
 == Supervicinant and Subvicinant ==