38 THE NATURE OF MUSIC 



pose. It means that each tone fills a moment in con- 

 sciousness, a rhythmic moment or period of time; it 

 means that in music a tone is indissolubly united with 

 rhythm from the moment it enters until it makes its 

 exit. In its rhythm we find the time-relation of a 

 tone. In its harmonic thread we find the pitch- or 

 space-relation of a tone. Rhythm or balanced motion, 

 and tone or balanced sound, are thus inseparably 

 united. This union of two balances or harmonies 

 of time and space, which holds the secret of music's 

 original harmony, requires careful analysis. This 

 moment of union, the product of which is pure har- 

 monic tone, is an accentual moment. The principle 

 of harmonic genesis I have already named the eflScient 

 accent. 



The subject of original harmony in one voice and 

 its common reports here introduced may now be more 

 fully illustrated by a few examples which contain 

 other tones, harmonic relations and harmonic per- 

 cepts which will be explained in the proper place. At 

 present it is enough to demonstrate that such things 

 as harmony in one voice and common reports really 

 exist. The first example adds four other tones, a 

 number of other harmonic relations and two other har- 

 monic percepts, the minor seventh and major ninth: — 



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* The harmonic numbers indicate either root or relation to root. These 

 numbers are large for major and small for minor intervab. From Chap. III. 

 L. E. K. 



