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=== Basic Diatonic Functions === | === Basic Diatonic Functions === | ||
The three basic functions have their roots in [[LCJI]], and are labeled as follows: | |||
'''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). This functionality has its roots in the fundamental at the root of both the Overtone and Undertone series, which for all intents and purposes, can be thought of as [[1/1]], and, in [[octave equivalence|octave equivalent]] systems, [[2/1]]. Beyond being simply one of the primary three functions in German Theory, it is the only function that is known to be universal when it comes to tonal music, with the various other functions being collectively defined as ''nontonic''. In the realm of microtonality, the Tonic is not an interval that admits a lot of competition outside of modulation, and thus, deviations from a perfect 1/1 of up to 3.5 [[cent]]s away from the Tonic are considered here to be found in the Tonic's "event horizon", in which they are either absorbed into the bandwidth of the Tonic itself, altered through [[fudging]], or simply [[Tempering_out|tempered out]]. | '''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). This functionality has its roots in the fundamental at the root of both the Overtone and Undertone series, which for all intents and purposes, can be thought of as [[1/1]], and, in [[octave equivalence|octave equivalent]] systems, [[2/1]]. Beyond being simply one of the primary three functions in German Theory, it is the only function that is known to be universal when it comes to tonal music, with the various other functions being collectively defined as ''nontonic''. In the realm of microtonality, the Tonic is not an interval that admits a lot of competition outside of modulation, and thus, deviations from a perfect 1/1 of up to 3.5 [[cent]]s away from the Tonic are considered here to be found in the Tonic's "event horizon", in which they are either absorbed into the bandwidth of the Tonic itself, altered through [[fudging]], or simply [[Tempering_out|tempered out]]. | ||