Musical language · Tons
6 sustained
Relative: Less sustained re · Homonym: Minor sustained Fa
What is Major Sustained Fa
A tone is the «centre of gravity» of a work: a main note, the tonic, and a scale that is organized around it. In Fa sustained major the tonic is Fa♯ and the scale is greater, that is, with a third greater (Fa♯- The♯) which gives an open and bright color.
Share armor with Less sustained re, its relative tonality: the same notes, but with another center. And he shares tonic with Less sustained Fa, its homonymous tonality, which has three supports. Its enharmonic equivalent, Sun bemol major, has six bemoles: both sound the same and the composers choose the one that is most comfortable to write.
The armor
The armor has 6 supports, which are always written in this order at the beginning of each pentagram:
- Fa♯ · Do♯ · Sun♯ · Re♯ · The♯ · My♯
- Trick to remember it: the supports advance by ascending fifths (Fa → Do → Sol → Re → The → Mi → Yes), and the last sustained is always half tone below the larger tone.
The scale
The largest sustained Fa scale follows the pattern of tones and semitones of any larger scale (tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone):
- Fa♯ - Sun♯ - The♯ - Yes - Do♯ - Re♯ - My♯ - Fa♯
- The semitones fall between the♯ and Yes and between Me♯ and Fa♯. That seventh note, Mi.♯, is the «sensitive»: is half the tone of the tonic and pulls it into resolution.
The main chords
- I · Tónica, Fa♯ greater: Fa♯ - The♯ - Do♯. The point of rest.
- II · Minor sustained sun: Sun♯ - Yes - Re♯. Prepare the dominant one gently.
- IV · Subdominant, if greater: Yes - Re♯ - Fa♯. Get away from the tonic without tension.
- V · Dominant, Major Sustained Do: Do♯ - My♯ - Sun♯. Contains the sensitive (My♯) and pushes towards the tonic.
- V7 · Seventh dominant: Do♯ - My♯ - Sun♯ - Yeah. The maximum voltage before solving.
- VI · Less sustained re: Re♯ - Fa♯ - The♯. It is the tonic of the relative minor and brings a touch of shadow.
Examples of progress
- Perfect chain (I - IV - V7 - I): Fa♯ → Yes → Do♯7 → Fa♯. The formula that confirms the tonality at the end of almost any work.
- II - V - I: Sun♯m → Do♯7 → Fa♯. The most used progression from harmony, from Baroque to jazz.
- Broken (V7 - VI): Do♯7 → Re♯m. The ear awaits Fa♯ And he gets a minor chord: a little surprise blow.
- Modulation to the dominant: Fa♯ → Sun♯7 → Do♯. The Yes♯ of the Sun Chord♯7 is the sensitive of Do♯ and takes the music to Do major sustained, the most common destination of a work in Fa major sustained.
Character
Six braces, right at the opposite point to Do Major in the circle of fifths. It has a distant, bright and somewhat unreal color, which attracted romantic composers to their most intimate works. Today we know that with the temperate tuning all the tonalities sound equal to «tuned»but these associations continue to be part of the tradition and the way the composers choose them.
