<html><head><base href="x-msg://1145/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The dominant note is so powerful (and controlling) that a tonic triad in the second inversion sounds dominant, especially after much obfuscating chromatic motion.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On May 4, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Michael Luxner wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Garamond; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" bgcolor="white" vlink="purple" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 4px; font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal 'Segoe UI'; "><div>Colleagues,</div><div> </div><div>How do you feel about considering the dominant the "governing tone?" I don't think it's strange at all, and teach it that way all the time. If tonic is perceived as the "pitch of rest," surely it must be resting<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>from</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>something, from some kind of tension that gives the sense of resolution when tonic is reached. And that something, whether determined by the acoustics of the harmonic series or the habits of centuries of practice, would be the dominant. Thus the dominant does, indeed, "govern" ("dominate") the tonic. </div><div> </div><div>Michael Luxner, Ph.D.</div><div>Professor of Music</div><div>Millikin University</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><div><br><font size="3" face="Monospaced"><br></font><font size="1" face="Verdana">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message along with any included attachments may contain information that is confidential and privileged. 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Thank you for your cooperation.</font></div> <br>>>> "Arthurs, Daniel" <<a href="mailto:Daniel.Arthurs@unt.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Daniel.Arthurs@unt.edu</a>> 5/3/2012 6:07 PM >>><br></div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: windowtext; font-size: 10.5pt; ">Dear List,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: windowtext; font-size: 10.5pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: windowtext; font-size: 10.5pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; 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