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The fifth, sixth and seventh voices, the highest three voices in the chord when in a Bass-Up context, comprise the '''crown'''. Only the crown is given to the kind of tertian harmony seen in Common Practice music, and this is true even in its relationship to the highest voice of the prop, and a third in any other part of the chord requires resolution due to the demand for space amongst the fundamental and the prop. | The fifth, sixth and seventh voices, the highest three voices in the chord when in a Bass-Up context, comprise the '''crown'''. Only the crown is given to the kind of tertian harmony seen in Common Practice music, and this is true even in its relationship to the highest voice of the prop, and a third in any other part of the chord requires resolution due to the demand for space amongst the fundamental and the prop. | ||
== Tonic and Final == | |||
Given that this idea requires borrowing from the modality of Medieval and Neo-Medieval harmony, as well as from the tonality of Common Practice music, concepts from both styles need to be imported and defined in relationship to each other in this new style. | |||
The '''tonic''' is the overall tonal center of a section, while the '''final''' is a special form of the tonic chord on which the piece eventually comes to a close. As expected, the 1:2:3:4:5:6:8 sonority is the form the final takes. | |||