The Tone of My Major

What's My Major?

A tone is the «centre of gravity» of a work: a main note, the tonic, and a scale that is organized around it. In My Major the tonic is My and the scale is greater, that is, with a third greater (Mi-Sol♯) which gives an open and bright color.

Share armor with Less sustained, its relative tonality: the same notes, but with another center. And he shares tonic with My minor, its homonymous tonality, which has 1 sustained.

The armor

The armor has 4 supports, which are always written in this order at the beginning of each pentagram:

• Fa♯ · Do♯ · Sun♯ · Re♯
• 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 scale of My Major follows the pattern of tones and semitones of any larger scale (tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone):

• My - Fa♯ - Sun♯ - La - Yes - Do♯ - Re♯ - My
• The semitones fall between the Sun♯ and La and between Re♯ and Mi. That seventh note, Re♯, is the «sensitive»: is half the tone of the tonic and pulls it into resolution.

The main chords

• I · Tónica, My Major: My - Sun♯ - Yeah. The point of rest.
• II · Less sustained Fa: Fa♯ - The -♯. Prepare the dominant one gently.
• IV · Subdominant, Major: The - Do♯ - Me. Get away from the tonic without tension.
• V · Dominant, if greater: Yes - Re♯ - Fa♯. Contains the sensitive (Re♯) and pushes towards the tonic.
• V7 · Seventh dominant: Yes - Re♯ - Fa♯ - La. The maximum voltage before solving.
• VI · Less sustained: Do♯ - My - Sun♯. It is the tonic of the relative minor and brings a touch of shadow.

Examples of progress

• Perfect chain (I - IV - V7 - I): My → The → Si7 → My. The formula that confirms the tonality at the end of almost any work.
• II - V - I: Fa♯m → Si7 → Mi. The most used progression from harmony, from Baroque to jazz.
• Broken (V7 - VI): Si7 → Do♯m. The ear awaits Me and receives a minor chord: a small blow of surprise.
• Modulation to the dominant: My → Fa♯7 → Yes. El La♯ of the Fa chord♯7 is the sensitive of Yes and brings music to Yes Major, the most common destination of a work in My Major.

Character

Four braces and a radiant glow, almost spring. On the rope it resounds thanks to the "Mi" string of the violin, and has been associated with the light joy and the magic. 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.

Works to listen to her

• Vivaldi: «Spring», of The four stationsRV 269 (1725).
• Bach: Violin departure no. 3, BWV 1006 (1720).
• Mendelssohn: The dream of a summer night, op. 21 (1826).
• Chopin: Study op. 10 ° 3, «Tristesse» (1832).
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (1883).