The Tone of Yes Major

What is If 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 case greater the tonic is Does and the scale is greater, that is, with a third greater (♯) which gives an open and bright color.

Share armor with Minor sustained sun, its relative tonality: the same notes, but with another center. And he shares tonic with If less, its homonymous tonality, which carries 2 supports. Its enharmonic equivalent, Do bemol major, needs seven bemoles, so it is almost always written as if major.

The armor

The armor has 5 supports, which are always written in this order at the beginning of each pentagram:

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

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

The main chords

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

Examples of progress

• Perfect chain (I - IV - V7 - I): Yes.♯7 → Yes. The formula that confirms the tonality at the end of almost any work.
• II - V - I: Do♯m → Fa♯7 → Yes. The most used progression from harmony, from Baroque to jazz.
• Broken (V7 - VI): Fa♯7 → Sun♯m. The ear waits yes and receives a minor chord: a little surprise blow.
• Modulation to the dominant: Yes → Do♯7 → Fa♯. My♯ of chord Do♯7 is the sensitive of Fa♯ and takes the music to Fa sustained major, the most common destination of a work in Si major.

Character

Five braces and an intense, almost dazzling glow. It is rare in the classical orchestra, but Romantics used it for moments of fullness and ecstasy. 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

• Haydn: Symphony No. 46 (1772), a rarity in its time.
• Bach: Nº 23, BWV 868, of The well-tempered key, book I (1722).
• Chopin: Nocturno op. 9 ° 3 (1830-1832).
• Brahms: Trio with piano No. 1, op. 8 (1854, revised in 1889).
• Wagner: Tristan and Isolda (1865), «Death of love» Finally, it finally resolves in "If Major."