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=== Basic Operations === | === Basic Operations === | ||
The way I see it, there are at least | The way I see it, there are at least two known operations which can be used to derive additional functions from the three basic functions listed above. | ||
'''Parallelism''' - Notes located in the same primary [[tetrachord]] as either the Tonic, the Dominant, or the Serviant take on similar functions to said notes, with the caveat that functions derived from the Tonic in this fashion are still technically nontonic functions. This process creates what in traditional music theory are referred to as [[Wikipedia:Parallel and counter parallel|"''parallels''" and "''counter parallels''"]]. | '''Parallelism''' - Notes located in the same primary [[tetrachord]] as either the Tonic, the Dominant, or the Serviant take on similar functions to said notes, with the caveat that functions derived from the Tonic in this fashion are still technically nontonic functions. This process creates what in traditional music theory are referred to as [[Wikipedia:Parallel and counter parallel|"''parallels''" and "''counter parallels''"]]. | ||