ORIGIN AND NATURE OF MINOR 



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1. Regnant Minor Tonic, Its regnant tones are 

 lay do, mi, its bytones are si, ti, re, fa. In future 

 examples each bytone is marked by a star. During 

 the regnancy of this harmony, si, ti and re report them- 

 selves respectively as 3, 5 and 7 of V, while /a reports 

 itself as s of iv. See below and compare with the 

 parallel major example. 



Major 



i 



5 3 



5 1 



5 1 



3 1 



^ 



^m 



W 



■X- 



Minor 



$ 



t^ 



5 



5 1 — 3 



t^ 



B 



H 



M 



■X- 



While there are other bytones to this regnant our 

 examples are strictly confined to the tone-material 

 thus far accounted for. This material includes the 

 diatonic sol and evokes the question: Does sol ever 

 appear as a bytone to this regnant.^ Our questions 



