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'''Subtonic''' - This function is easily derivable through a combination of the Dominant Parallel function of [[9/5]] and Double Serviant function of [[16/9]], or at least that's the case in Bass-Up Tonality, and especially in meantone contexts where the two intervals are equated. As with the Supertonic, however, I would argue that due to both the close proximity of 9/5 and 16/9 even in non-meantone settings, these two functions often overlap to some degree or other. This is the note that occurs roughly at intervals between [[225/128]] and [[1024/567]] above the Tonic as the seventh scale degree. | '''Subtonic''' - This function is easily derivable through a combination of the Dominant Parallel function of [[9/5]] and Double Serviant function of [[16/9]], or at least that's the case in Bass-Up Tonality, and especially in meantone contexts where the two intervals are equated. As with the Supertonic, however, I would argue that due to both the close proximity of 9/5 and 16/9 even in non-meantone settings, these two functions often overlap to some degree or other. This is the note that occurs roughly at intervals between [[225/128]] and [[1024/567]] above the Tonic as the seventh scale degree. | ||
'''Lead''' - This is the note typically referred to when people say "the leading | '''Lead''' - This is the note typically referred to when people say "the leading tone". This is a note that occurs at intervals between [[13/7]] and [[48/25]] away from the Tonic, which serves as a leading tone in the scale's direction of construction. In Bass-Up Tonality, this functionality has its roots in the fifteenth harmonic. Although triads built on this scale degree are regarded by some as simply incomplete Dominant Seventh chords, my own analysis, while acknowledging the functional similarities between the Lead and the Dominant, sees this interval as functionally distinct from the Dominant due to the the Lead also being related to the Mediant in the same way that the Dominant is related to the Tonic- a key functionality that is often exploited in [[Wikipedia:Vi–ii–V–I|circle progression]]s. | ||
== Antitonic == | == Antitonic == | ||