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'''Superdietic''' - This is a note that occurs at intervals between roughly 20 cents above the Tonic and 25/24 above the Tonic. These intervals tend to act as parachromatic alterations of either the Tonic, or, in Bass-Up Tonality, the Contralead. However, while some microtonalists would question the idea of there being a distinct Superdietic region, preferring to think of the quartertones in this region as being simply the junction between the Supercommatic and Contralead regions, there there are actually a few functional differences between a Superdietic and a Contralead in Bass-Up Tonality that are worth considering. For starters, Superdietics are often more likely to be passing tones than Contraleads, and, when they’re not merely passing non-chord tones, they are just as liable to resolve upward thought some sort of semitone-like motion to some form of Contralead, Semicontralead, or even a Supertonic, as they are to resolve downwards toward the Tonic, a property which intervals like 33/32 in particular are apt to demonstrate. Furthermore, whereas a Contralead can resolve to the Tonic in part through a strong harmonic connection, a Superdietic is much more likely to do so through sheer brute force when such a resolution is noticeable. As if that weren't enough, the Subdietic also has the Antinterregnant function. | '''Superdietic''' - This is a note that occurs at intervals between roughly 20 cents above the Tonic and 25/24 above the Tonic. These intervals tend to act as parachromatic alterations of either the Tonic, or, in Bass-Up Tonality, the Contralead. However, while some microtonalists would question the idea of there being a distinct Superdietic region, preferring to think of the quartertones in this region as being simply the junction between the Supercommatic and Contralead regions, there there are actually a few functional differences between a Superdietic and a Contralead in Bass-Up Tonality that are worth considering. For starters, Superdietics are often more likely to be passing tones than Contraleads, and, when they’re not merely passing non-chord tones, they are just as liable to resolve upward thought some sort of semitone-like motion to some form of Contralead, Semicontralead, or even a Supertonic, as they are to resolve downwards toward the Tonic, a property which intervals like 33/32 in particular are apt to demonstrate. Furthermore, whereas a Contralead can resolve to the Tonic in part through a strong harmonic connection, a Superdietic is much more likely to do so through sheer brute force when such a resolution is noticeable. As if that weren't enough, the Subdietic also has the Antinterregnant function. | ||
== Additional Functions == | |||
In addition to the functions derived from both German theory and Viennese theory, as well as the Antitonic and Paradiatonic functions, I describe other functions here. | |||
=== Circumtonic Regions === | === Circumtonic Regions === | ||
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'''Subcommatic''' - This is a note that occurs at intervals from about 3.5 cents to roughly 20 cents below the Tonic. As with Supercommatic intervals, these intervals are little more than stepping stones in modulation, and extra intervals that can be used together with the Tonic for a sense of dissonance. | '''Subcommatic''' - This is a note that occurs at intervals from about 3.5 cents to roughly 20 cents below the Tonic. As with Supercommatic intervals, these intervals are little more than stepping stones in modulation, and extra intervals that can be used together with the Tonic for a sense of dissonance. | ||
=== Circumdominant Regions === | === Circumdominant Regions === | ||