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THE NATURE OF MUSIC 



The seventh (re) of V^ has but one diatonic bytone, 

 which lies under it and is do. The diatonic lying over 

 re 7 is mi the regnant root. See below and compare 

 with parallel major. 



5 31 7 3 5 S 7 B 7 1 S 



i 



:^ 



Major 



B^ 



I 



h^ 



V, * 



•X- 



Minor 



i 



m 



E3 



tEEEEi 



' 7 



1 



Next let us study the ninth (fa) of Vq. In the first 

 place this small ninth like its prototype la 9 in major, 

 cadences into the regnant harmony of which it is a 

 component. In other words, the regnant tone fa o 

 resolves into its co-harmonic the regnant tone mi, as 

 shown below. Again compare with example in major. 



7 5 3 9 13 5-^ ^ 



Major 



13 5 



g 



Minor 



3 



fcfti 



During the regnancy of the dominant, melody also 

 resolves the ninth upward into the upleader, which is 

 the third of that harmony. Compare the next parallel 

 illustrations. This rising cadence is keenly felt in 



