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THE NATURE OF MUSIC 



Does sol ever appear as a constituent tone of the 

 minor mode and if so, how ? Presently we shall see 

 that sol does appear in minor melodies, and plays 

 a most significant part in the minor mode. The 

 succeeding parallel examples present all seven tones 

 of both modes in all their tonic and dominant rela- 

 tions. 



Major 



Minor 



3 9 1 



3 5 15 3 1 5 



i 



a: 



iM=t 



m 



T=p: 



^m 



V9 



3 8 1 



I 



5 



E3a 



I 



^ These seven tones of the minor group appear in 

 all their tonic and dominant relations in each of the 

 following fugue-themes of Bach. 



3 3 3 1 5 s 



y^-l= 



^m 



mi la 



78 "87 »1 78"1&S 



H 1 ! 1 ! 1 I I , I »r 



5 



5 



p^-7 



i 



etc 



