ACCENT AND REGNANT HARMONY 133 



efficient accent, first the tendency to resolve disso- 

 nance, next the regular alternation of harmonic 

 cadence and repose, both of which I have already 

 explained. 



The foregoing analyses demonstrate that original 

 harmony in one voice reports the exact number of 

 components in a harmonic thread; three components 

 in I, V and IV, four in V7, five in V9. They demon- 

 strate that whenever and wherever it is potential in 

 a relation the efficient accent makes for a regnant 

 consonance, that is, for stable equilibrium. They 

 demonstrate that the form of regnant harmony 

 generated by the efficient accent, be it consonance or 

 dissonance, is always a question of the momentary 

 relation and is always the equilibrium of the moment, 

 consonance being stable, dissonance being unstable 

 or relative equilibrium. 



39. Chords Derived from the Original Consonance 

 and Dissonance in One Voice 



From the prototype consonance I are derived the 

 diatonic-Major triads I, V, IV known as the three 

 primary chords. 



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s^i^ 



W= w^&^^^ ^ 



I Y IV IV I V 



The common reports of original harmony in one 

 voice for the first time demonstrate and prove the 

 truth that these triads may be represented by single 

 components as well as by any two or by all three. 

 Every conceivable combination of two or three tones 



