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"The tonic can be a different tone in the same scale, when the work is said to be in one of the modes of the scale>"
This is a complicated way of introducing the non-tonal modes, and in my view it comes far too early in the article. It's likely to confuse readers. Tony (talk) 10:44, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
The lead for this article is egregiously unhelpful for a general audience: I'm trying my best to rewrite it, and here's what I have so far:
In the music theory of harmony, tonality is the arrangement of a musical passage around a particular central pitch, called the the tonic. To the listener, relationships between different pitches in the context of the tonic may be perceived in different ways—with some relationships feeling "stable", and others feeling "directional". Conventionally, it is understood that chords built upon the tonic in a given musical key feel the most stable, with less stable passages eventually "leading" the listener towards a resolution with the tonic chord.
But that's still a lot—this is very hard to introduce with no prior context afforded, as simple as the concept feels. —
Remsense
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12:23, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
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"The tonic can be a different tone in the same scale, when the work is said to be in one of the modes of the scale>"
This is a complicated way of introducing the non-tonal modes, and in my view it comes far too early in the article. It's likely to confuse readers. Tony (talk) 10:44, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
The lead for this article is egregiously unhelpful for a general audience: I'm trying my best to rewrite it, and here's what I have so far:
In the music theory of harmony, tonality is the arrangement of a musical passage around a particular central pitch, called the the tonic. To the listener, relationships between different pitches in the context of the tonic may be perceived in different ways—with some relationships feeling "stable", and others feeling "directional". Conventionally, it is understood that chords built upon the tonic in a given musical key feel the most stable, with less stable passages eventually "leading" the listener towards a resolution with the tonic chord.
But that's still a lot—this is very hard to introduce with no prior context afforded, as simple as the concept feels. —
Remsense
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12:23, 18 January 2024 (UTC)