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THE NATURE OF MUSIC 



i 



f 



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p 



IV 



The above example may call forth this question: 

 Are not the above triads /, v and iv identical with the 

 secondary triads of the major mode known respec- 

 tively as VI, III and ii ? The question is premature at 

 this juncture, but may be answered provisionally in 

 the affirmative. As chords they are identical both in 

 major and minor, but their relations in major and 

 minor differ. Their relations in the above example 

 are in minor, and each triad is a combination of the 

 minor harmonic percepts i — s — 5. Concisely stated, 

 triads which are primary in minor are secondary in 

 major and vice versa. 



